Asia Catalyst

We are thrilled to announce that you can sign up now for our FREE ONLINE COURSE on health & human rights advocacy. It's based on our Know It, Prove It, Change It curriculum -- developed over a decade plus working alongside activists in Asia.

Go to RIGHTS.HEALTH. There's interviews, videos, and tons of other tools for activists there.

One thing we've learned from a decade plus of training activists in China, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam is that activists need support, infrastructure, and tools to fight for change.

That's why we created RIGHTS.HEALTH. It's designed to inspire, and improve local advocacy on health & human rights issues from the right to HIV treatment and COVID vaccines to stopping violence and discrimination against LGBTQIA people.

We couldn't have done it without our amazing partners -- ARASA, INPUD, International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, APCOM -- and the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University who adapted our Know It, Prove It, Change It curriculum into an online course (coming next month!) and helped build this every step of the way.

Please check out RIGHTS.HEALTH & sign up today!

Introducing RIGHTS.HEALTH, our new human rights advocacy platform. It's informed by the activists we've worked with around the globe fighting for the health and well-being of their communities.

This project has been a long time coming and we're so glad to finally share it with you. Visit rights.health and read more at https://mailchi.mp/b6b472e52bb6/introducing-rightshealth-our-new-human-rights-advocacy-platform You can sign up now for the free course launching in January.

Our COVID Vaccine Access Workshop Report Is Here - Learn more about what we uncovered in our year-long project with health & human rights advocates across Asia. https://mailchi.mp/75c7d1f0460b/our-covid-vaccine-access-workshop-report-is-here

Thank You & Farewell from Asia Catalyst - Please read this letter about why we're closing down programs after 15 years, the legacy we leave, and the torch bearers of community activism in Asia.

We are beyond grateful to all of you for supporting us over the years. https://mailchi.mp/b68791b56d19/thank-you-farewell-from-asia-catalyst

Check out our new COVID-19 Resources page. It's part of a project by Asia Catalyst, APN+, and TREAT Asia to support grassroots groups confronting challenges accessing vaccines.

It includes a report in Thai and English based on community workshops & presentations on Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal & worrying trends in vaccine pricing and distribution.

Please share. We're so grateful to all the activists who participated. Join us in ending vaccine apartheid. https://bit.ly/3DbdZKh

Check out this new website on chems*x in Asia. It is the result of a webinar Asia Catalyst sponsored in July from Lighthouse Social Enterprise in Vietnam & Mainline in the Netherlands. It's a comprehensive manual on leading interventions on gay men who enjoy chems*x, a growing phenomenon in Asia.

Check out the chems*x website at communityharmreduction.com/chems*xinasia

And read more here - https://mailchi.mp/be14f5b0a367/leading-interventions-on-chems*x-in-asia

Join Our 2-Day Community Workshop on COVID-19 Vaccine Access

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qsOktKIrRgW0mFy_wSdlgw

More details at https://mailchi.mp/7107d5c27e9e/join-our-2-day-community-workshop-on-covid-19-vaccine-access

It's not too late to join our open access webinar on COVID-19 vaccines in Asia. With Treat Asia and Apn Plus.

Monday, August 16: 17.30 – 20.00 Bangkok
6:30 am – 9.00am EST | 8.00 – 10.30 CEST | 16.00 - 18.30 Delhi

Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3AIAQCBVRA2xnyR4qol1wQ

Invitation to our webinar on access to the COVID Vaccine in Asia: August 16th 17:30 BKK time. We'll tackle vaccine access, literacy, and reaching key populations.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3AIAQCBVRA2xnyR4qol1wQ

So thrilled about the workshop earlier this week and the launch of this great new site (full of important resources) on Chems*x, focusing on gay men with case studies from across Asia.

Stay tuned for the toolkit launch + huge thanks to The Global Fund, Mainline, and Lighthouse Social Enterprise - Trung tâm Hỗ trợ Cộng đồng Hải Đăng for making this happen.

Community Harm Reduction Chems*x in Asia A community manual on s*xualised substance use among men who have s*x with men. For community and fieldworkers across Asia. ; Chems*x impacts the lives of many men-who-have-s*x-with-men (MSM) in Asia. There is an urgent need to understand this phenomenon. And there is a need to creat...

So excited to be part of this webinar Tuesday, July 6 -- sharing new tools for CBOs working on the health and rights of men who have s*x with men in Asia, and discussing case studies from across the region in Vietnam, Thailand, and Taiwan.

Register at https://bit.ly/ChemRegistration
Brought to you by The Global Fund, Lighthouse Social Enterprise - Trung tâm Hỗ trợ Cộng đồng Hải Đăng and Main Line Health as well as Asia Catalyst.