High Level Political Forum 2017: Eni Lestari, International Migrants Alliance (IMA), delivering an intervention on behalf of the Women's Major Group during session on the review of goals: "thematic review SDG 17: Investing in and financing for SDGs Q&A"Women’s Major Group call upon all the member states NOT TO TRADE WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS WITH MONEY [...]
High Level Political Forum on "eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions through promoting sustainable development, expanding opportunities and addressing related challenges". Our shadow report consultant from Malaysia, Rizal Rozhan (EMPOWER) speaking on behalf of the UN Major Group for Children and Youth, asking his Government of Malaysia about their National Voluntary Review [...]
Fiji Women's Forum, 2017: APWLD’s partner Fiji Women's Forum produced this shadow report. Download report
Foundation for Women, 2017: APWLD’s partner Foundation for Women produced this shadow report as a response to Thailand’s 2017 Voluntary National Review. Download report
EMPOWER, 2017: APWLD’s partner EMPOWER produced this shadow report as a response to Malaysia’s 2017 Voluntary National Review. You can watch their questions, posed by Rizal Rozhan on behalf of the UN Major Group for Children and Youth, to the Government of Malaysia here (starts at 2:55:48): Download report
AIWC, 2017: APWLD's partner All India Women's Conference (AIWC) produced this shadow report as a response to India's 2017 Voluntary National Review. Download report
The High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) got a second iteration this year with 43 member states carrying out the Voluntary National Review, 13 of which are from Asia Pacific.The nine-days HLPF consisted of review of sets of Goals (1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 14) as well as Goal 17 followed [...]
The civil society and people’s’ movements will come together at the Ground Level People’s Forum to have their voice heard even as the United Nations and the High Level Political Forum (HLPF), where their futures are determined, continues to ignore them. The GLPF will hold our governments accountable for the commitments they have made under the [...]
Our partner APWLD - Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Developmentare doing Climate Justice Feminist Participatory Action Research (CJ-FPAR) in India. Their research will focus on agricultural sustainability and women’s livelihood and rights, and issue of displacement caused by climate disaster (flood and erosion).
APWLD’s Women 2030 Partners Meeting In Chiang Mai, Thailand APWLD TRACKS HISTORY OF SHAPING THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Since 2012, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) has been advocating for a transformative development framework that addresses the structural causes of inequalities and fulfil promises to women’s human rights. [...]
