Category: HAA
Humanitarian Affairs Asia
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I recently represented UTS as a delegate, alongside 11 of my peers, at the 11th University Scholars Leadership Symposium in Bangkok, held at the United Nations Conference Centre. Across 4 days, we heard from different speakers on various social issues such as the digital divide, volunteering (and thinking critically about volunteerism), and female genital mutilation. …
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What a week!🤩🇺🇳This past August I had the awesome opportunity to spend the week in Bangkok, Thailand, at the United Nations Convention Centre for the Humanitarian Affairs Asia 11th University Scholars Leadership Symposium for 2023 as 1 of 12 selected delegates representing University of Technology Sydney. I applied to this global short program a few…
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Earlier this month, I embarked on an adventure that forever changed the way I see the world and my role in it. Imagine being at the United Nations in Bangkok, representing your university among 450+ students from 46 different countries, all driven by the same goal: to make the world a better place. That’s exactly…
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Imagine the feeling of going to a completely different country alone, knowing no one, and spending a few days with people who you haven’t met before from different parts of the world. Being an international student, I had already faced this situation, but it was unique this time; delegates from 31 countries around the world,…
