On 14-16 November, 2014, Asia Pacific civil society organisations (CSOs) will gather in Bangkok, Thailand to develop a collective strategy on the priority issues for the Asia Pacific region on the Beijing +20 review processes. You can apply to attend and to have a workshop at the forum via the online application form or download the form […]
On the occasion of September 28 Global Day of Action for Safe and Legal Abortion, women’s organizations and networks in Asia released a statement demanding to end the stigmatisation of abortion.
This year on September 16th, the Global Female Condom Day, let’s Dance4Demand! Download “Rise”, a song created by Shaprece exclusively for the Dance4Demand campaign, and start creating your dance moves for a greater access to women female condoms.
Join and invite your friends to support the September 28 Thunderclap – let’s land #Sept28 in the top trending topics in social media!
In July WGNRR’s Asia Programme Officer Marevic Parcon attended the AIDS 2014 Conference, where in addition to representing WGNRR, Marevic was also a part of the Women’s Networking Zone (WNZ), a community-led forum running parallel to AIDS 2014.
Support a letter created by EnGendeRights and the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) requesting the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reinstate the “justified abortions” in the DOJ Criminal Code. Under the “justified abortion” clause abortion would be available in circumstances such as to save the life or protect the health of a pregnant woman, when pregnancy is a result of rape or incest, or in cases of fetal impairment.
A broad coalition of feminist and women’s rights networks, constituencies and allies are preparing for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) regional and global review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
On 17-20 November in Bangkok, Thailand, there will be a regional intergovernmental meeting to review the progress of governments in implementing the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) entitled “Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment”. The deadline for registration is on August 25, 2014.
