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The Asia Pacific Women’s Watch (APWW) is a regional network of women’s groups which: monitors and collaborates with the United Nations, national governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) in empowering women and advancing their human rights. APWW is represented by five (5) sub-regions – Central Asia, East Asia, the Pacific, South Asia and South East Asia and is also joined by representatives of each of the three major international women's networks: APWLD (Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development), Isis International and ARROW (Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women). With the Mission of Gender Equality, Development and Peace, APWW aims to: - Monitor and lobby for Asia Pacific women’s perspectives to be included in international documents and processes;
- Promote gender mainstreaming in all decision-making structures;
- Disseminate information on good practices and lessons learned in advancing the status of women;
- Build capacity in communication technologies, media strategies and lobbying;
- Enhance women’s leadership in peace-making;
- Advocate to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women;
- Encourage sustainable rights-based development; and
- Strive for economic justice for women.
APWW Steering Committee Member 2008-2010 | Chair: | Hiroko Sue Hara
Japan Women's Watch (JAWW)
Tel: 81 33384 3979
Fax: 81 33384 3972
email: tokyo-hara at nifty dot com
| | Vice-chair: | Sepali Kottegoda
The Women and Media Collective / Sri Lanka Women's NGO Forum
Tel: 94 11 269 0201
Fax: 94 11 269192
email: sepaliko at sltnet dot lk
| | Central Asia | Nurgul Djanaeva - Kyrgyzstan
Forum of Women's NGO's of Kyrgyzstan
Tel.: +996-312-214-585
Fax: +996-502-336-821
e-mail: dnurgul at yahoo dot com / janay at elcat dot kg Yevgeniya Kozyreva - Kazakhstan
Feminist League
Tel: 7(7272) 61-02-41
Fax: 7(7272) 61-02-41
email: kazfemline at gmail dot com Zulfiya Tukhtakhodjaeva - Uzbekistan
MEHR Association of Women's NGOs of Uzbekistan
Tel: (998-71) 256 69 21
Fax: (998-71) 252 28 25
email: zulfiya at imk dot on dot uz
| | East Asia | Hiroko Sue Hara - Japan
Japan Women's Watch
Tel: 81 33384 3979
Fax: 81 33384 3972
email: tokyo-hara at nifty dot com
Young Hai Park - Korea (Republic of)
Korea Women's NGO Network (KWNGO)
Tel: 82 599 1942
Fax: 82 2533 9472
email: park at sookmyung dot ac dot kr
Shuwen He - China
All-China Women's Federation
Tel: 0086 10 65266501
Fax: 0086 10 65136044
email: shuwenhe at yahoo dot com / gzch at women dot org dot cn Alt: Cissy Yu
email: cissyyu at ha dot org dot hk Undarya Tumursukh - Mongolia
MONFEMNET/National Network of Mongolian Women's NGOs
Tel: 976-7011-0355
Fax: 976-7011-0355
email: info at mongolia-women dot com | | South East Asia | Nareewan Chintakanond - Thailand
Thai Women Watch (TW2)
Tel: +66 02 314-4316/ 3145076
Fax: +66 02 718-0372
email: nareewan at m-fu dot ac dot th Rena Herdiyani - Indonesia
Kalyanamitra/CEDAW Working Group Initiative (CWGI)
email: ykm at indo dot net dot id Jean Franco - Philippines
South East Asia Women Watch (SEAWWatch)
Tel: +632 426 0169
email: jeanfranco825 at yahoo dot com
| | South Asia | Sepali Kottegoda - Sri Lanka
The Women and Media Collective / Sri Lanka Women's NGO Forum
Tel: 94 11 269 0201
Fax: 94 11 269192
email: sepaliko at sltnet dot lk Mahmuda Islam - Bangladesh
Women for Women
Tel: 98 93567/ 8116376
Fax: 811 6376
email: mahmudah at sparkbd dot net / mahmuda at bangla dot net Pam Rajput - India
Astitva - Women's Resources and Advocacy Centre
email: pamrajput at glide dot net dot in Anjana Shakya - Nepal
Beyond Beijing Committee
Tel: 997 1 5530880
Fax: 997 1 555 4880
email: beyongbeijing at wlink dot com dot np Shagufta Alizai
Shirkat Gah, Karachi
Tel: 9221-5379211; 9221-5878341; 9221-5831140
Fax: 9221-5830563
email: shaguftaalizai at gmail dot com / sgah at lhr dot comsat-s dot net dot pk
| | Pacific | Jane Prichard - New Zealand
Pacific Women's Watch (NZ) Inc & Bridgebuilders Trust Inc.
Tel: 64 9 528 3727
email: janeprichard at xtra dot co dot nz
Alison Aggarwal - Australia
Australian National Committee on Refugees Women (ANCORW)
Tel: 61 3 9650 5574
Fax: 64 9 528 3727
email: alisonaggarwal at hotmail dot com
Carole Shaw - Australia
email: carole.shaw at gmail dot com Naeemah Khan - Fiji
Fiji Women's Rights Movement
email: naeemah at fwrm dot org dot fj | | Regional Organizations | Lynnsay Francis - APWLD Cai Yiping - Isis International
Tel: +632-9281956
Fax: +632-9241065
email: yiping at isiswomen dot org Saira Shameem - ARROW | Past Meetings and Workshops - 2008 Feb. 28 APWW Workshop: “Gender and Public Policies in Asia Pacific”, New York
- 2007 May 10~11 APWW Regional Consultation on “Strengthening UN-NGO Cooperation, Promoting Gender Equality in Asia Pacific”, Bangkok
- 2006 March 7 APWW Workshop: “New Millennium, New Decisions~Do Women Have the Edge?” New York
- 2005 Aug. 2 Asia Pacific Women NGOs Meeting on “Mainstreaming a Gender and Rights Perspective into the MDGs”, Jakarta
- 2004 June 30~July 4 NGO Asia Pacific Forum on Beijing+10: ”Celebrating Gains…Confronting Emerging Issues”, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakornpathon, Thailand
- 2003 Feb. 20~24 Networking for Beijing+10* A Training Course and Planning Meeting for APWW, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 2001 Jan. 20~23 APWW Regional Planning Meeting: ”Linking Hands for Change”, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
- 2000 Jan. 28~29 APWW Lobby Training Workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal
Resources Published - Proceedings of the NGO Forum (“The Purple Book”, 2004)
- Voices 2005 and Beyond: Negotiation Kit for Beijing +10 (“The Little Purple Book”, 2004)
- Some Tips for Lobbying at CSW (2000)
- Voices 2000 and Beyond: Asia Pacific Women’s Lobbying Document for Beijing+5 (“The Little Blue Book”, 2000)
- Asia Pacific Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century (“The Big Blue Book”, 1999)
Funders and Supporters - Asian Development Bank
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- Ford Foundation
- Global Fund for Women
- HIVOS
- Korea Women’s NGO Network
- Mama Cash
- South East Asia Gender Equity Program (SEAGEP)
- United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
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