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The Asia Pacific Peoples' Forum

 Ms. Manique Gunaratne was a Resource Person at The Asia Pacific Peoples' Forum 2022, held in Thailand in March 2022 both as a physical and virtual event.   The programme was organized by the Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM), which provided an inclusive space for discussion and sharing among civil society organizations (CSOs) and peoples’ movements in the region on their positions on key sustainable development issues. The Peoples' Forum carves its space against a backdrop of shrinking civic spaces, widened inequalities, and digital divide brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Forum aimed to serve as a platform that harnesses the collective voice of the region's people towards transformative and genuine development that serves the needs of the most marginalized.

The Peoples' Forum was titled "Confronting Corporate Power and Demanding State Accountability for Just and Equitable Recovery from the COVID-19 Crises in Asia and the Pacific". This forum aimed to serve as an avenue for civil society organizations, peoples' movements, and grassroots sectors and communities to build solidarity, foster sharing, and create a progressive narrative on sustainable development and development justice in the context of the systemic barriers worsened by COVID-19.

 

Zoom meeting grid with six participants. Three participants have their cameras on, showing their faces. The top left participant is a woman with a headset, wearing a light green shirt and looking to the side. The top right participant is a woman with long dark hair, smiling and wearing a dark outfit with large earrings, sitting against a black background. The bottom center participant is a woman wearing glasses and a pink hijab, smiling. The three other participants, named Janani Ratnayake, Abia, and DELL, have their cameras turned off, displaying only their names on the screen. There is a red “Recording” indicator at the top left, and a “Leave” button at the bottom right. The participants all have their microphones muted, indicated by the red microphone icons with slashes through them.

A Zoom video meeting with seven participants, some with their cameras on and others off. The top row shows a woman with straight dark hair wearing a yellow-green top, another participant identified only by the name "Janani Ratnayake" with their camera off, and a woman with medium-length dark hair wearing earrings and a dark outfit. The middle row has a woman with long dark hair and glasses speaking and gesturing with both hands, and a smiling woman in a pink hijab. The bottom row shows two users with their cameras off, one labeled "DELL" and the other partially showing the name "Nhuun Yodmua..." with pronouns "She, her". The interface also shows the meeting is being recorded, and all participants are muted. The "Leave" button is visible in the bottom right corner.


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