About Us

Asia-Pacific Women’s Watch (APWW) is a network dedicated to advocating and monitoring the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) and the outcome document from the UN General Assembly on Women 2000 or Beijing + 5. It facilitates communication and collaboration among women’s organizations and networks in order to ensure that the commitments and consensus made in Beijing are honored by governments, international organizations, the private sector, civil society and women’s organizations themselves. Among its major activities were the Asia-Pacific NGO Symposium on Beijing + 5 in September 1999 and the Asia-Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 10 in July 2004. Held in Thailand, both events were attended by more than 300 and 600 women respectively. APWW actively lobbies the UN, especially in relation to the fifth and tenth year reviews of the implementation of the BPFA.

At present, APWW maintains a group mailing list with almost 700 members. Called apww-meet, it disseminates information on the Beijing + 10 processes organized by the UN. It seeks to help NGOs participate in the review process in an informed and organized way. The apww-meet dealt on the AP NGO Forum, the UNESCAP High Level Meeting on Beijing + 10 and the 49th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women on Beijing + 10. NGO activities on Beijing + 10 in country and internationally are also reported through apww-meet.

APWW is composed of national and regional networks of women’s groups, as well as regional organizations dealing on women’s issues. A Steering Committee defines its thrust and directions, as well as its organizational policies. There are two co-chairs: Patricia B. Licuanan, Ph.D. of the Southeast Asia Women Watch and Eileen Pittaway of the Australian National Committee of Refugee Women. There are focal points for South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, East Asia and the Pacific. The members of the Steering Committee serve a 3-year term.

The secretariat is hosted by the Women and Gender Institute (WAGI) of the Miriam College, located in Quezon City, Philippines.

It is registered as a non-governmental organization under the laws of the Government of the Philippines.

ASIA PACIFIC WOMEN’S WATCH STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Regional Representatives

Raijeli Nicole
Isis International-Manila
#3 Marunong St., Barangay Central, Central District
Quezon City, 1100
Philippines
Tel: 63 2 9287785
Fax: 63 2 9241065
Email: raijeli@isiswomen.org
Website: www.isiswomen.org

Titi Soentoro or Lisa Pusey
Asia Pacific Forum on
Women, Law and Development
YMCA Santitham Building
11 Sermusk Road, Soi Mengraisami
Chiang Mai 50300 Thailand
Tel: +66 53 4046134
Fax: +66 53 404615
Email: euron@indo.net.id
Website: www.apwId.org

South Asia

Pam Rajput
Astivita-Women’s Resource
And Advocacy Centre
2064, Sector 15 C,
Chandigarh 160015
India
Tel/Fax: +91 172 254 5425 (home)
Email: pamrajput@glide.net.in

Mahmudah Islam
Women for Women
½ Sukrabad
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel: +9893567/8116376
Fax: +8116376
Email: mahmudah@bangla.net
women@bdonline.com

Anjana Shakya
Beyond Beijing Committee
PO Box 4690, Inar, Pulchowk,
Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: 997-1-5530880
Fax: 977-1-521180
Email: beyondbeijing@wlink.com.np
shakyaanjana@hotmail.com

East Asia

Hiroko Sue Hara
Japan Women’s Watch (JAWW)
4-26-8-4D Yayoi-cho
Nakano-ku
Tokyo 164 0013
Japan
Tel: +81 33384 3979
Fax: 3-3384-3972
Email: tokyo-hara@nifty.com
Tokyo-hara@nifty.com

Song Wenyan
All China Women’s Federation
15 Jian Guo men Nei Street
Beijing 100730
China
Tel: +0086 10 65266501
Fax: +0086 10 65136044
Email: gzch@womens.org.cn

Young Hai Park
Korean Women’s NGO Network (KWNGO)
Sookmyung Women;s University
53-12 Chungpa-dong 2 ka,
Yongsan-ku
Seoul, Korea
(140-742)
Tel: +82 2 7109323
Fax: +82 2 533 9472
Email: park@sookmyung.ac.kr

South East Asia

Patricia B. Licuanan
South East Asia Women Watch (SEAWWatch)
Miriam College
Katipunan Road
Loyola Heights
Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: +632 426 0169/9272421-32
Fax: +632 9246769
Email: plicuanan@mc.edu.ph
Website: www.mc.edu.ph

Titi Sumbung
Indonesian Centre for Women In Politics
JL Gedung Hijau I /#32
Pondok Indah
Jakarta 12310
Indonesia
Tel: +62 21 759 07219
Fax: +62 21 759 05978
Email: icwip@cm.net.id
koalisip@uninet.net.id

Pawadee Tonguthai
Thai Women Watch
2234 New Petchburi Road
Bangkok 10320, Thailand
Tel: +66-02-3144316/3145076 (office)
+66-02-2587683 (home)
Fax: +66-02-7180372 (office)
+66-02-2596171 (home)
Email: pawadeet@yahoo.com


Central Asia

Yvgenia Kozyreva
Feminist League,
Abay av., 23-32, 480100,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tel. Office 7(3272) 61-02-41
Email: kozyreva@women.kz
feminist@women.kz

Nurgul Djanaeva
Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan
147 Isanova street, ap. 7,Bishkek 720033, Kyrgyzstan
Tel. Office: 996-312-214585
Mobile: +996-502-336-821
Emal: janay@elcat.kg
dnurgul@yahoo.com

Zulfiya Tukhtakhodjaeva
"MEHR" Association of Women's NGOs of Uzbekistan
Imkon Presta Consulting
Republic of Uzbekistan
Tel: +998-71 152 77 85
Fax: +998-71 152 67 27
Mob: +998-90 185 71 25
Email: zulfiya@imkon.uz

Pacific

Eileen Pittaway
Centre for Refugee Research
University of NSW
Sydney, NSW
Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 9385 1849
Fax: +61 (2) 96662 8991
Email: eileen.pittaway@tuckway.com.au

Titilia Naitini
National Council of Women Fiji
PO Box 840, Suva, Fiji Islands
Tel: (679) 3315429/(679) 3311880
Fax: (679) 3315429
Email: ncwf@connect.com.fj

Jane Prichard
Pacific Women’s Watch (NZ) Inc &
Bridgebuilders Trust Inc
PO Box 99-464
Newmarket, Auckland
New Zealand
Tel: +664 9 528 3727
Fax: +64 9 528 7616
Email: janeprichard@xtra.co.nz

Honorary Members

Mitchiko Nakamura
Japan Women’s Watch (JAWW)
6-22-12 Seijo, Setagaya-ku,
Tokyo 157-0066, Japan
Tel: 813-3482-1476,
Fax: 813-3482-1454
Email: seijo_mitchiko@mvb.biglobe.ne.jp

Thanpuying Sumalee Chartikavanij
Thai Women Watch
2234 New Petchburi Road
Bangkok 10320, Thailand
Tel: +66-02-3144316/3145076
Fax: +66-02-7180372
Email: tw2a@asianet.co.th
Website: www.Thaiw2.com

Coordinator: Annie A. Serrano
C/o Women and Gender Institute
Miriam College, Loyola Heights
Diliman, Quezon City
Philippines 1101
Tel. No.: +632 426 0169 or 580 5400 extension1104
Fax::+632 924 6769
 Email: annieserrano2003@yahoo.com