Blog - IWRAW Asia Pacific

Border CTRL: Access to documentation

August 27th, 2024

In October 2023, IWRAW Asia Pacific’s annual Global South Women’s Forum (GSWF) took place online over the course of four days, bringing together women from diverse corners of the world. The theme of GSWF 2023 was the interface between border policies and women’s experiences, viewed through a feminist lens. This piece is the first of […]

The trouble with young women

July 31st, 2024

IWRAW Asia Pacific has been a consortium member of the Women Gaining Ground (WGG) project in partnership with CREA and Akili Dada since 2021. WGG is being implemented in collaboration with 16 in-country partners (in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda), focusing on addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and increasing the leadership of young women and […]

Building Inclusive Economies: The Intersection of CEDAW and Macroeconomic Policy

July 10th, 2024

Macroeconomic policies, as the cornerstone of global economic governance, have the power to shape nations’ socioeconomic landscapes. However, these policies often have unequal effects on different genders, particularly women and girls, in all their diversity. Over the years, we have witnessed the harsh reality of fiscal policy measures that disproportionately burden women and girls. A […]

Whose space is it? Deaf Women in Rwanda Reclaim CEDAW

June 24th, 2024

IWRAW Asia Pacific has been a consortium member of the Women Gaining Ground (WGG) project in partnership with CREA and Akili Dada since 2021. WGG is being implemented in collaboration with 16 in-country partners (in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda), focusing on addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and increasing the leadership of young women and […]

Examining the CSW68 space and discussions with a youth and disability justice lens

May 7th, 2024

IWRAW Asia Pacific has been a consortium member of the Women Gaining Ground (WGG) project in partnership with CREA and Akili Dada since 2021. WGG, as a Global South initiative, focuses on addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and increasing the leadership of young women and women with disabilities (WWDs). Apart from aspirations to contribute to global […]

A Home Where Everyone Can Thrive: Pursuing Climate Justice in Malaysia

March 8th, 2024

At the heart of our discussions on climate justice lies a truth often overshadowed by broader environmental debates: the ongoing tragedy in Gaza. Fueled by colonialism and a fossil fuel system that perpetuates violence, the genocide happening right now in Gaza underscores the inextricable link between climate justice, gender justice, and the quest for peace. […]

An Organisational Update from IWRAW Asia Pacific

November 15th, 2023

Dear IWRAW-AP community, Over the past two years, IWRAW-AP has been through several processes as part of our commitment to growth and change. During this period, we have drawn on our rich legacy and contribution to a groundswell of women’s human rights activism regionally and globally. At the end of 2022, we completed an organisational […]

‘Grateful and privileged’: A farewell from Priyanthi Fernando

August 30th, 2023

Dear colleagues in IWRAW AP’s wider circle of partners, friends, and supporters, You would have been alerted in different ways that I am transitioning out of IWRAW AP as its executive director. The social media posts have made some very positive statements about IWRAW AP’s journey over the seven years of my tenure, and I […]

IWRAW Asia Pacific bids farewell to Executive Director

August 18th, 2023

Thank you Priyanthi! At the end of August 2023, IWRAW Asia Pacific will bid a fond farewell to our outstanding Executive Director Priyanthi Fernando. During her seven-year tenure at IWRAW Asia Pacific, Priyanthi’s charisma, boldness, dedication, and expertise helped to steer our organisation through numerous complex challenges at both the external and internal levels. […]

Feminists should put the Right to Development back on their agenda

January 9th, 2023

The Right to Development (R2D) emerged in the 1970s as the hallmark of post-colonial nations’ quest for a fairer economic order. Since its embodiment in the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development, and despite the long-lived, tumultuous political debate that its recognition provoked between Global North and South countries, developing nations and human […]