APWAPS joins the commencement of 6th Action Asia Peace Building Forum that is taking place in Jakarta, 16-18 October 2017. With the theme “Preventing Violent Extremism: A Peace Building Perspective”, the forum expects to open spaces for dialogues of multiple parties from diverse backgrounds working on the matter. For many women working for peace in the Asia Pacific region, rising
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APWAPS organizes a workshop on “Our Identity Weaponized: Sharing Feminist Strategies Against Violent Extremism” Rising violent extremism and dependency on security approach in dealing with the issue have intensified militarism in the Asia Pacific region. This situation brings out specific impacts to women’s lives, particularly because the involved actors have deliberately utilized identity politics to undermine, corner and attack women
Read moreThe Asia Pacific Women’s Alliance on Peace and Security (APWAPS) welcomes the decision of the UN Secretary General appointing Ms. Pramilla Patten as the Special Representative on sexual violence in conflict. In a time of growing inequality and escalating violence, this particular mandate is highly strategic. We trust Ms. Patten to further advance the agenda to amplify prevention and enhance
Read moreSince August 2016, APWAPS has been serving one of the four CSOs in the board of Global Acceleration Instrument (GAI) for Women Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action. The establishment of GAI was a follow up to the recommendation of the Global Study 1325. The aims is to address the financing gaps and create greater synergies between different sources of
Read moreAPWAPS is supporting a survey initiated by women human rights defenders who live and work in countries in Asia Pacific. The initiative is part of a regional process led by Urgent Action Fund for Women Human Rights (UAF) towards establishing a sister fund in the region. Aside from the new fund development, the survey aims to inspire collective reflection
Read moreNext week in Seoul, Republic of Korea, APWAPS will cooperate with the Korea International Cooperation Agency to host 2-day workshop. This joint workshop will take stock of the critically important processes for women’s rights in the context of sustainable development and women, peace and security that culminated in 2015. It will provide an opportunity to examine the new commitments emerging
Read moreASEAN, international community must act now to save Rohingya lives The Women Peace Network – Arakan (WPN-A) urgently calls upon the international community, including ASEAN governments, to act immediately to save and protect the Rohingya women and children who are currently trapped at sea. WPN-A also calls for urgent action to address the root causes of the humanitarian disaster
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Asia-Pacific Women’s Alliance for Peace and Security (APWAPS) co-hosted the first regional CSO consultation for the Global Study on the Implementation of SCR 1325 in February 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The event was a collaboration between APWAPS, Saathi Nepal, Cordaid, GNWP and UN Women. This consultation was the first regional civil society forum convened by renowned rights advocate, Radhika Coomaraswamy,
Read moreAs part of the Global Study on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), UN Women and WILPF PeaceWomen have partnered to provide an open forum for Civil Society Organizations/Research Institutes to contribute inputs within their areas of expertise and experience in the form of short substantive policy briefs or papers focusing on strategic recommendations. The Global Study on WPS is part of the Security Council
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