Organization's name: | Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development |
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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 |
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Economic and Social:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Social Development:
Sustainable Development:
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Regional
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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 |
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