Asia & Pacific
The Asia Pacific region contains the majority of the world’s poor, most of whom are women. Economic, trade, and financial policies globally and in the region have further exposed Asia Pacific women to exploitative labor, labor migration, landlessness and trafficking. Some key issues in the region are poverty, decent work and living wage, land rights, climate change, migrant rights, peace and security, as well as voice and political participation.
Since 2014, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) was elected as the Women Constituency focal point and the Co-Chair of Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (RCEM), a civil society platform of more than 450 organizations aimed to enable stronger cross constituency coordination and ensure that voices of all sub-regions of Asia Pacific are heard in intergovernmental processes in regional and global level.
The platform is initiated, owned and driven by the civil society organizations (CSO), and has been set up under the auspices of UN-ESCAP and seeks to engage with UN agencies and Member States on the Post-2015 as well as other development related issues/processes to advance its’ political unity of Development Justice.
This is the principal CSO platform that engages with the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) as the regional meeting for the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) organised by UN-ESCAP. Currently, there are more than 200 members listed in the Asia Pacific Women Major Group list-serve.
The WMG OP focal point for Asia and the Pacific is Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD). To join the regional listserv please contact leanne@apwld.org and rina@apwld.org
Report of the Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
The Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), was held in Bangkok from 28 to 30 March 2018. Download the [...]
APFSD 2018: CSOs Demand Development Justice for Sustainable Development Press Statement
"for sustainable development to be achieved, the burden needed to be shifted from communities to be resilient, to addressing the systemic issues like neoliberal and extractive model of development a [...]
APFSD 2018: IP Constituency Intervention in Session 7
"The realization of “leaving no one behind” is possible only with the full recognition and integrating of human rights commitments into national laws, regulations and policies that includes and ensu [...]
APFSD 2018: IP Constituency Intervention in Session 5
"We are concern that the universal pledges to “leave no one behind” will not be realized unless diligent political efforts are made by governments to address the systemic barriers and create the env [...]
Feminists Condemn Philippines President Duterte’s Accusation of Activists and Indigenous People Leaders as Terrorists
The Women's Major Group delivered a combined letter to the Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte, calling on the Philippine government to: 1. Remove the names of indigenous peoples’ leaders and h [...]
Women’s Major Group Meeting During the Global SDG7 Conference in Bangkok, 2018
Join the WMG Asia Organizing Partner Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law & Development (APWLD) meet and greet for WMG members. The meeting will take place after the side event on Energy Democracy, [...]
Save the date: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands
Noelene Nabulivou, Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality and the WMG Pacific Small Island States Organizing Partner is speaking about "Climate Change and Civil Society Organisations" at the [...]
HLPF 2017: Masina Fusi Tietie’s QA Response to Taking forward the SAMOA Pathway
"Inclusion of SIDS concerns and aims in all UN negotiations must be a priority and as such due time needs to be secured as per the agreed resolutions". Masina 'Fusi" Tietie (YWCA Samoa) delivered [...]
HLPF 2017: Sai Racherla’s QA Response to “Implementation and Regional and Sub-regional levels”
"The 2030 agenda for sustainable development is well into its implementation, and it is clear from the presentations made by panelists , that processes at sub-regional and regional levels are crit [...]
HLPF 2017: Viva Tatawaqa’s Opening Session Intervention on “Where are we in year two of implementation of the 2030 Agenda?”
"[The HLPF] is where we should ensure that the roles of multiple actors, but particularly those of communities, social movements and civil society are clearly and substantively reflected in the Mi [...]