IWRAW Asia Pacific

International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific is a feminist organisation committed to the full realisation of women's human rights through the pursuit of equality.
We act to disrupt structures, systems and institutions that violate women's human rights, and we engage in movement building that amplifies women’s voices and activism to create alternative political narratives and spaces.

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The Making of AWARE’s Saga Podcast

It was, as they say, a scandal that gripped the nation. Just over 12 years ago, on 28 March 2009, Singapore’s leading gender equality organisation, AWARE, was taken over by a group of mysterious new members, who were elected to AWARE’s executive committee at an unusually well-attended Annual General Meeting (AGM). It was weeks before […]

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‘Drugs were as normal as eating rice’: Understanding the experiences and needs of transgender sex workers in Pattaya, Thailand

This article first appeared on the Prachatai website in English on 21 October 2020. The life of a transgender sex worker in Pattaya is not easy. On the one hand, “Pattaya is a paradise for transgender people, a place where many transgender sex workers feel they can openly express their identities,” says Thissadee of the […]

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Resources

Joint Statement of Solidarity with Palestinian People and Call to End the Israeli Occupation

Presented at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 30th Special Session on the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, this joint statement was made on behalf of eight women’s rights and feminist organisations and activists from across the world in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

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CEDAW Demystified: State Obligation

CEDAW is one of the most broadly endorsed human rights treaties in the world. Our animated explainer discusses CEDAW’s principle of state obligation, with examples focusing on the Global South. With subtitles available in English and French.

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CEDAW Sessions

June-July 2021:

State reviews postponed

October 2021:

Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Lebanon, Peru, South Africa, Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

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“This project will only generate an income for a very few, but it will take away the livelihoods of millions of people. [...] We need to stamp out this neocolonialist system – Africa cannot continue to be treated simply as a resource for the Global North." http://www.ipsnews.net/2021/07/calls-to-halt-construction-of-massive-oilfield-in-one-of-africas-last-wildernesses/

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