Global and Transnational Women's Activism

AF is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across Asia. It addresses the critical issues affecting Asia in the 21st century, including strengthening governance, expanding economic opportunity, increasing environmental resilience, empowering women, and promoting international cooperation.

In English, Chinese, Japanese and Thai, this organization supports regional networks and promotes electronic resource sharing that supports women's advocacy work and includes links to participating members located in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, and the Philippines.

Promotes human rights in the region as defined 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.

A non-partisan NGO, CAPWIP operates through a network of national affiliates clustered into 5 sub-regional groupings: Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Pacific and promotes equal participation of women in politics and decision making.

This autonomous institute supported by the Women's Studies Programme of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, works to advance and research Indian women's and gender issues.

Focus on the Global South, based in Thailand, is an education and advocacy organization challenging neoliberalism, militarism and corporate-driven globalization.

An online network of women in governance, politics, decision-making and transformative leadership, this site provides readings, training modules, campaigns, announcements, and latest news about women and politics in Asia and the Pacific.

This policy advocacy and research organization critically looks at the development issues in South Asia from class and gender perspective.

An independent NGO established 1991 by Bhutanese women in exile, it advocates for the establishment of democracy; human rights, women's and child rights in Bhutan through peaceful and non-violent means. The site contains extensive information on status of women and children, nationality issues, and human rights reports.

Established in 1999, the league consists of women's groups and aims to support Burmese women's empowerment and advancement of the status women.

GADC advocates for gender sensitivities in laws and policies in Cambodia.

Founded in 1949, ACWF promotes the advancement of Chinese women of all ethnic groups and promotes gender equality.

The DAWN network extends throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Its advocacy work covers themes of the political economy of globalization; political restructuring and social transformation; and sexual and reproductive health and rights. The site regularly posts analytical papers on covered themes and reports on relevant world events written from a Southern feminist perspective.

This network of women's crisis center contains resources on women on domestic violence, child abuse, rape, and sexual harassment. The site includes statistics, publications, reports, documents, and links to organizations in Asia Pacific.

Promotes the full participation of women and girls in all aspects of Hong Kong society through research, education and public awareness. The site has links to Hong Kong organizations addressing women's issues.

CREA is involved in public education and advocacy on issues of human rights, sexuality, and violence against women.

Founded in 1972 as a trade union of self employed women, its goals include activities and research to ensure full employment and self-reliance of its 700,000+ members. It is concerned about the effects of globalization in the lives of women in this informal economy in urban and rural settings.

An exile organization originally founded in 1959 in Tibet but based in India now, it works to raise public awareness of the abuses faced by Tibetan women in Chinese-occupied Tibet.

Founded in 1983, this organization works at the grassroots, regional and international levels to raise women's awareness of their rights and to eliminate violence against women. Ranjana Kumari, Director, also serves as the president of Women Power Connect (WPC), India's only lobbying organization focused on gender issues, and coordinator of Joint Action Front for Women.

In Japanese and English, this organization works to eliminate the violence against women, and advocates sustainable development, as well as women's political representation. The English language feminist journal Voices from Japan is available online (2003-present) under "Publications."

Established in 1941, JAWE promotes lifelong learning aimed at establishing a gender-equal society.

The council contributes for the creation of a gender-equal society by strengthening gender equality centers, women's centers and other institutions throughout Japan.

Established in 1977 and affiliated with Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, NWEC promotes women's education and gender equality through education and conducting specialized research and surveys with focus on women. The online NWEC Newsletter (1997-present) is available under "Publications."

WAM focuses on wartime violence and advocated for gender justice. The site presents resources on "comfort women" and resolutions on the issue from different nations.

In Korean, the APWINC works towards enabling women in Korea and the Asia-Pacific region to use information and communication technologies to advance their status and rights in society.

The KWDI was established in 1983 under the Ministry of Health and Welfare to address Korean women's issues. It carries out comprehensive research on women, promotes policies and advocates for the increase of women's participation in national development. This comprehensive site contains statistics, reports and documents on the status of women, history, and other relevant issues on women in Korea.

Established in 1982, WAO is an independent NGO committed to eliminate violence against women.

Established in 1988, this NGO is committed to empower women and to increase public awareness of opportunities for economic and social development.

Established in 1975, it provides information, resources, and skills, as well as works to include gender and women's perspective in policies, laws and practices. The site makes available publications and links to resources.

Thse unit conducts research and provides input on gender issues for government policy. The site publishes reports and other publications on women and gender in Pakistan.

Created in 1996 to assist Filipino women migrants in Japan and their Japanese-Filipino children in the promotion and protection of their human rights and welfare. The organization's newsletter SINAG (2003-present) is available under "Publications."

The coalition consists of working women's organizations, peasants, urban poor, housewives, professionals, religious and students. It focuses on issues including the effects of militarization and women's landlessness; the IMF-World Bank and the debt crisis; denial of women's reproductive rights, prostitution and trafficking of women.

It is a global action oriented women's resource center that promotes justice and gender equality. ISIS was founded in 1974 by Jane Cottingham and Marilee Karl in Geneva and moved to Manila from Rome in 1991.

Established in 1997, WAGI promotes women's rights and feminist scholarship. WAGI is currently serving as the secretariat for the International Gender and Trade Network-Asia, DAWN-Southeast Asia, and Southeast Asia Women's Watch. It houses the national CEDAW Watch of the Philippines and will soon host the Regional CEDAW project of UNIFEM. Josepha "Gigi" Francisco is its founding executive director.

A volunteer organization founded in 1985, AWARE works to raise gender equity by raising awareness of men's and women's rights and responsibilities, as well as empowering women by enhancing their knowledge and skills.