Broken Promises: Decades of Advocacy Amidst Continued World Bank Financing for Dam Projects
Date: 16 October 2026
Venue: The Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC)
Time: 1- 3 p.m.
Join us to hear about the lasting impacts faced by communities affected by hydropower projects financed by the World Bank. Speakers will discuss how World Bank support for dams in the Asia and African regions has — and continues to — lead to human rights violations, environmental destruction, and exacerbated climate injustice.
Speaker:
Mae Sompong Viengchan- Assembly of the Poor-Pak Mun
Eugene Simonov, Rivers without Boundaries
Hussain Jarwar, Indus Consortium
Iris Kashindi, Coalition des Organisations de la Société Civile pour le Suivi des Réformes et de l'Action Publique (CORAP)
Manana Kochloadze, CEE Bankwatch Network
Moderated by Gary Lee, Rivers and Rights