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.

From the Blog

COVID-19: Lockdown as a Safety Risk

Guest post by Fadziso Fadzisai Mawunganidze. Photo by Sandie Clarke on Unsplash. Content warning: Contains references to sexual violence, including child sexual abuse.   Imagine a young girl staying with her rapist for 24 hours a day, without the freedom she used to enjoy when she went to school or played with her friends. In […]

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COVID-19: Capitalism’s Mask Has Slipped

It’s Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, the second day of the ‘restricted movement’ which was announced by Malaysia’s new government on Monday night. There has been confusion among the public about whether or not this is the same as a lockdown. On Tuesday night, upon hearing that permits would be required for interstate travel, police stations […]

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Resources

Joint Response to the Draft CEDAW General Recommendation on Trafficking in Women and Girls in the Context of Global Migration

Submitted by 19 individuals and organisations, including IWRAW Asia Pacific, this six-page PDF outlines key concerns on, and requests changes to, the draft General Recommendation which was shared by the CEDAW Committee in March 2020.

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TB-Net Statement on the Covid-19 Pandemic and UN Treaty Bodies

This two-page statement from TB-Net, of which IWRAW Asia Pacific is a member, calls for the United Nations treaty bodies to resume their important work as soon as possible, and ensure the continued meaningful engagement of civil society representatives with the treaty bodies.

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CEDAW Sessions

June-July 2020:

Bahrain, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Gabon, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mongolia, Panama

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October-November 2020:

Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Senegal, South Africa, Sweden, Uruguay, Yemen

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Twitter Feed

IWRAW Asia Pacific@IWRAW_AP·
22 May

In early April 2020, Botswana announced a six-month state of emergency. @ProSuccessBW reports on the impact on LGBTIQ+ youth of the country's COVID-19 response: https://successcapital.africa/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COVID-19-Community-Experiences.pdf [PDF]

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21 May

“There was really no public safety reason to keep her in prison, and now she’s dead.” COVID-19's lethal impact on incarcerated populations underscores the shortcomings of a system which so heavily favours imprisonment: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/incarcerated-women-left-behind-during-coronavirus-pandemic_n_5ebaf3e2c5b63253efcb3857 #FreeThemAll #CareNotCages #LetThemGo

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