Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development

Organization's name: Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Headquarters address  
Address: 189/3 Changklan Road
Amphoe Muang
Chiang Mai 50100
Thailand
Phone: +66 53 284 527, +66 53 284 856
Fax: +66 53 280 847
Email: apwld@apwld.org
Web site: www.apwld.org

Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages::
  • English

Contacts & Participation:

First Name:

Last Name:

Contact Type:

Navarat Nophiran Designation
Mi Yeon Kim
Rekha Chakma
MARIA GORU MALI BARRETO
May Pyone
Lakela Chataw
Azra Talat Sayeed
Reasey Seng Advancement of Women , Designation
Naw Hel Lay Paw Designation
Yamini Mishra
Cielito Perez Designation
Mandkhaitsetsen Urantulkhuur Designation
Olga Djanaeva Advancement of Women
Kathryn Lappin Advancement of Women
Ume Laila Azhar Advancement of Women
Mohd Rizal bin Rozhan Advancement of Women , Designation
Asenaca Dikulu-Colawai
Anchalee  Phonklieng
Aliza Yuliana Syahrizal
Pranom Somwong
Nang Yin Twe
Alina Saba
Azra Talat Sayeed
Ashrafun Nahar Advancement of Women
MARIA SOL TAULE Designation
Sanam Amin Application
DAMAYANTHI WIJESEKARA DISSANAYAKALAGE DONA DAMAYANTHI
Sovath Luon
PAUL QUINTOS Designation
Sarah Zaman Designation
Eufemia Cullamat Designation
Mary Jane REAL
Sylvia Mallari
RAMA DHAKAL
H Hmangaihzuali
Katherine Bautista Designation
Merilyn Tahi
Alma Sinumlag Designation , Sustainable Development (primary)
Mrinalini Rai
Kamala CHANDRAKIRANA
MADHU MEHRA
Albertina de Jesus Piedade Almeida
ABIA AKRAM
Bipasha Chakma
BINA POKHAREL
Madhu Mehra Designation
Evilita Lusiana Jantewo
Rosanna Cabusao Advancement of Women
April Porteria Advancement of Women
Rubylin Litao Designation
Kathryn Lappin Re-classification
Nazma Akhter Advancement of Women
Chanborey Pen
Anjalee Upeka Karunaratne Designation
Hanna Chang Designation
Aijan Satybekova Advancement of Women
Daiana Buresova Designation
Sinet Seap Designation
Sarah Marland
Mila Singson
Abia Akram
Virada Somswasdi Designation
Malika Virdi
Jing Xiong
April Porteria Advancement of Women , Designation
Lisa PUSEY
Nang Lao Vo
Oyuntsetseg Oidov Designation
Virada Somswasdi Designation
STEPHEN MULLINS
Cara Rothery
Udugampalage Marian Geetha Lakmini Fernando
Puteri Handika Designation
Aigul KAZAKPAEVA
NAW PALE PAW
Ivy Josiah Designation
Joan May Salvador Designation
Tahira Khan
Rita Sadorra
DAW OHN MAR KHIN
Taslima Akhter
Feri Lumampao
Nita Dhungana
Warnakulasuriya Kattakuttige prabuddhika Gayanthi Fernando
BURNAD FATHIMA NATESAN
Abantee Nurul
Wanun Permpibul Designation
NENGBOI HAOKIP
Jimmylisa Badayos Designation
Yevgeniya Kozyreva
Rizwan Hussain
Joan May Salvador Designation
Panha Sok
Christina SUPRAPTI
Lucia Florez
Megan Smith
 CHUNG Than Thi
Aizhamal Bakashova
MST Nadira Suja Shathi Advancement of Women
BINDU GAUTAM Designation
Inthana Bouphasavanh
Tatavola Matas
Madhu Mehra Designation
Wali Haider
Joan May Salvador Designation
Vernie Yocogan-Diano Designation
Samreen Shahbaz Conference Focal Point , Designation
Mikiko Otani Designation
ZANAA JURMED
Misun Woo Head of Organization , Designation
Mary Jane N. Real
Rafael Mariano
SOO-JIN PARK
Noor Diyana Binti Yahaya Advancement of Women , Designation
Noraeri Thungmueangthong
Samreen Shahbaz Conference Focal Point , Designation
Sophoan Chan
Sushmita Mali
Naveed Iqbal
Tessa Khan Designation
Nalini Singh
Cholpon Asakeeva Advancement of Women
Virisila Buadromo Designation
Nargul Dzhanaeva
NAGINA TAHIR
Chann Sitha Mark Designation
YING LWIN -
Pranom Somwong
Saowalak Thongkuay
April Porteria Advancement of Women , Designation
Puspa Dewy
Ming hui Chang
Katherine Panguban Designation
Kham Mai Yordngern
Olga Djanaeva Designation
Mahmuda Begum Advancement of Women
Sarankhukhuu Sharavdorj Designation
Dionisia Daisy Arago Advancement of Women
Gomawati Pun
Nay Li
Abhiram Roy
Amgalan Terbish
Cielito Perez Designation
Mastura Mohd Rashid Designation
Ivy Josiah Designation
Sarorm Ee
No-AERI THUNGMUENGTHONG
Budi Laksana
ANITA SHRESTHA
Asel Dunganaeva Advancement of Women
Kathryn Lappin Designation
KRISTA CLEMENT
Sachee VILAITHONG
Wardarina - Conference Focal Point , Designation
S HKAWNG NAW
MARIA QURESHI
MARIA NATIVIDAD MARIAN SILVA CASTRO Designation
Pranom Somwong
VIRADA SOMSWASDI Designation
Sister Mutunama Gonnage Miriam Deepa Fernando Designation
TUBA ASLAM
Dimitri Cautain Designation
Shirin Akhter
FRANSISCA ABUGAU
Cristina Palabay Designation
Joan May Salvador Designation
PRANOM SOMWONG Sustainable Development (secondary) , Others , Financing for Development , Forests , Sustainable Development (primary) , Public Administration , Social Development , Head of Organization , Application , Advancement of Women , Re-classification , Quadrennial Report , Committee on NGOs Representative
Patricia Miranda Wattimena Designation
May Pyone
Syeda Munazza Gillani
Lani Eugenia Advancement of Women , Designation
GYEONGHUI LEE
Minh Hang Pham Thi Designation , Sustainable Development (primary)
Estrelita Mariano
AFSHAN AFRIDI
Sabrina Rasu Designation
Samreen Shahbaz Designation
SYLVANA MARIA Designation
Nazira Dzhapakova
Worapan Buranasilpin
Artika Singh Designation
N/A N/A
Aijan Djanaeva
Suraporn Suriyamonton Designation
VIRISILA BUADROMO
Leanne Sajor
Tatjana Bosevska
Cielito Perez Designation
BUNGA PELANGI
Mikiko Otani Advancement of Women , Designation
Ren Chung Yu Designation
Govind Kelkar Designation
Nan Htay Htay WIN
Maira Fakhar
Cristina Palabay Designation
Thelge Kala Oshadhi PEIRIS DE COSTA Designation
Misun Woo Head of Organization , Designation
Gillian Carr Harris
Renu Rajbhandari
Arieska Kurniawaty Designation
Sokha ENG Designation
FRANCES MARIA JESSICA QUIMPO-DONGETO
Udugampalage Marian Geetha Lakmini Fernando Designation
Nicolette Gamara Designation
Ranjana Giri Advancement of Women , Designation
Cristina Palabay Designation
Nalini Singh Designation
Nilufar Matin
Misun Woo Head of Organization , Designation
Sringatin Sringatin Designation
FIRST LAST
MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ UR REHMAN
Maria Neves
SHAZIA KHAWAR
Lia Mai Alonzo Designation
Nour El Hoda Wahid
Sita Aripurnami
Tomoko Kashiwazaki
Chandeshwori Tandukar
Pun Devi Maharajan
Ma Hla Than
Anne Pakoa
Yane Elfrida Domingas MAIA Designation
Helen HAKENA
Michele Reddy Designation
SUNITA DANUWAR
TAHIRA KHAN
Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk
Salma Safitri Rahayaan
Gizela da Cruz de Carvalho
WALI HAIDER
ENGEL BERTHA KOTOROK Designation
Smita Sharma
Thida Khus
Sita Aripurnami Designation
Mary Guan Designation
Eleanor De Guzman Designation
Helda Khasmy Designation
Julie Soso Akeke
Eni Lestari Andayani Adi Advancement of Women , Designation
Wannapong Yodmuang Designation

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Coorporate Accountability
  • Criminal Justice
  • Culture
  • De-mining
  • Development
  • Disabled Persons
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Extreme poverty
  • Financing for Development
  • Food
  • Governance
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Information
  • International Law
  • Justice
  • Labour
  • Least Developed Countries
  • Migration
  • Minority Rights
  • Peace and Security
  • Population
  • Private Sector
  • Refugees
  • Religion
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Sustainable Development
  • Torture
  • Trade and Development
  • Violence
  • Water
  • Women
  • Women/gender Equality

Financing for Development:
  • Addressing systemic issues

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • Violence against women
  • Women and armed conflict
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women and the environment
  • Women in power and decision-making

Social Development:
  • Conflict
  • Disabled persons
  • Employment
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Social policy

Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • Gender equality
  • Indicators
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • International cooperation for an enabling environment
  • International law
  • Major Groups
  • Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
  • Mining
  • Partnerships
  • Poverty
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Rural Development
  • Trade and environment
Geographic scope: Regional
  • Asia
  • Oceania
Country of activity:
  • Cambodia
  • Timor-Leste
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Nepal
  • China
  • Kazakhstan
  • Samoa
  • Pakistan
  • Indonesia
  • Viet Nam
  • Solomon Islands
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • India
  • Tonga
  • Fiji
  • Mongolia
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Thailand
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Myanmar
  • Bangladesh
  • Republic of Korea
  • Vanuatu
  • Tuvalu
  • Japan
Millennium Development Goals:
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1986
Year of registration (YYYY): 1986
Organizational structure: Our diverse membership provides the strength and expertise that both drives and executes our programme activities. APWLD is governed by a Programme and Management Committee comprised from a larger Regional Council of active members. Our Secretariat in Chiangmai carries out day to day operations and provides for programme implementation as well as financial and technical support.
Number and type of members: We have 200 organisational and individual members across 26 countries in Asia-Pacific. Approximately 60% of our members are organisational and 40% individual. Member organisations represent a diverse segment of women across legal, activist and academic arenas. This includes, but is not limited to; LGBTI women, indigenous women, migrant women, rural women, refugee women, women with disabilities, domestic workers, young women, past, present and aspiring parliamentarians, and CEDAW Committee members. Affiliations: APWLD is affiliated with several international and regional NGO networks. We co-convene the Southeast Asia Women’s Caucus on ASEAN (Regional); sit on the executive of the Women Human Rights Defender’s Coalition (International); and co-facilitate the United for Foreign Domestic Workers Rights Coalition (Regional). We are on several steering bodies which include the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition and Asian Consortium. APWLD is a member of the Global Facilitation Group of Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness and a member of the Better Aid Coordinating Group. We have numerous other regional and international affiliations which include International Migrants Association, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Women Living under Muslim Laws (WLUML), ISIS Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange (ISIS-WICCE), Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), Front Line and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC).
Affiliation with NGO networks: see above
Funding structure:
  • Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major Group affiliation:
  • Women
  • Non-governmental organization
Involvement in UN Partnerships:

Main Objective

Special Event / Application for Consultative Status with ECOSOC
Username: apwld@apwld.org