Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, APWLD
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APWLD developed from dialogues during 1985-1988 among Asia Pacific women lawyers, social scientists and activists, beginning at the 1985 Third World Women Forum on Women, Law and Development held in Nairobi, Kenya.
The women participating in the dialogues recognized that while law is used as an instrument of state control over resources, rights and even bodies of women, law can be a liberating force, promoting political and socio-economic changes in our societies.
In January 1988, women lawyers and other activists in the region formally launched APWLD and set up a secretariat in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Secretariat relocated to Chiangmai, Thailand in October 1997.
To enable women in the region to use law as an instrument of change for the empowerment of women in their struggle for justice, peace, equality and development.
To promote basic concepts of human rights in the region as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discriminations Against Women [CEDAW] and other relevant international human rights instruments.
Rural & Indigenous Women
Women & Environment
Violence Against Women
Women`s Participation in Political Process
Labour and Migration
Women`s Human Rights Working Group
Feminist Legal Theory & Practice Training
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The women participating in the dialogues recognized that while law is used as an instrument of state control over resources, rights and even bodies of women, law can be a liberating force, promoting political and socio-economic changes in our societies.
In January 1988, women lawyers and other activists in the region formally launched APWLD and set up a secretariat in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Secretariat relocated to Chiangmai, Thailand in October 1997.
To enable women in the region to use law as an instrument of change for the empowerment of women in their struggle for justice, peace, equality and development.
To promote basic concepts of human rights in the region as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discriminations Against Women [CEDAW] and other relevant international human rights instruments.
Rural & Indigenous Women
Women & Environment
Violence Against Women
Women`s Participation in Political Process
Labour and Migration
Women`s Human Rights Working Group
Feminist Legal Theory & Practice Training
Updates
