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The COVID-19 pandemic and possibilities for Arab ‘risk society’

  • Professor Larbi Sadiki & Associate Professor Layla Saleh,

COVID-19 may afflict without discrimination, but not all polities, economies and societies can equally withstand its damage and rebuild in its aftermath.

How Kong’s civil society networks have contributed to the containment of COVID-19

  • Sophie Chen & Associate Professor Chris Chan ,

The networks and solidarity formed by the democracy movement laid the groundwork for a prompt civil society response to COVID-19.

Building a community for sexual orientation and gender identity rights in ASEAN

  • Professor Meredith Weiss,

If ASEAN is unlikely to see its way toward SOGIE rights, the arena it reifies arguably helps activists navigate strategies.

Transnational civil society in Asia

WEBINAR: Transnational interactions among civil society actors in Asia are helping to strengthen common democratic values.

#MaskUp in Australia: How social norms in a pandemic are formed

  • Dr Jun Ohashi,

A discussion forum in Reddit appears to reflect the sentiment of people in Melbourne in relation to mask-wearing as a public health measure.

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