APWLD Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) 2026-2028 on Human Rights of Women Migrants:

Building Movement to Demand Justice for
Women in Climate-induced Migration

Deadline: 31 July 2026

APWLD invites women migrants, migrants’ groups, organisations, associations and unions in Asia and the Pacific to take part in the Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) 2026-2028 on Human Rights of Women Migrants: Building Movement to Demand Justice for Women in Climate-induced Migration (FPAR on Women in Climate-induced Migration) that aims to strengthen the evidence-based advocacy and organising power of women migrants and their organisations.

Through the course of our FPAR journey, APWLD and the partners will investigate and document the situation and the challenges faced by women migrants in the face of the political, economic and health crisis. The FPAR will also facilitate the partners to develop plans to demand system change for human rights of women migrants and migration justice. 

Background

Climate-induced migration is a structural issue. It is shaped by the intersection of patriarchy and capitalism, where profit-driven models deepen climate crises and leave women and other marginalised groups most vulnerable. Climate related migration is driven by a wide range of circumstances. Sudden-onset disasters, such as floods, typhoons, and droughts can destroy homes and vital sources of livelihood, forcing them to seek refuge in safer locations. Slow-onset climate impacts can also undermine communities’ ability to rely on natural resources, compelling them to migrate in search of  alternative livelihoods.

Migration may also be induced by false climate solutions, such as the development of large-scale climate projects that restrict community access to land and water, disrupting traditional ways of life and framing migration as a desperate adaptive strategy. It is essential to examine not only the impacts of climate change, but also how climate policies, projects and actions can make staying unsafe or impossible, drive displacement and migration, and expose women migrants to unsafe migration, labour exploitation, discrimination, exclusion from protection and other rights violations.

Through FPAR on Women in Climate-induced Migration 2026-2028, APWLD and FPAR partners will identify issues of concern, collect evidences and develop a better analysis of the current situation of women in migration induced by climate change and its policies and actions; the barriers and challenges faced by them, as well as develop the recommendations and opportunities for advocacy and movement building to protect their human rights and access justice as well as the right to stay or move with dignity and self-determination. The FPAR may focus on one or more of the following priority issues:

  1. Migration induced by climate impacts, including climate or environmental displacement
  2. Migration induced by climate false solutions
  3. The effect of climate change to women migrants at destination countries
  4. Climate change and decent work for women migrants 

Please read our Concept Note for background and further details

Join the Feminist Participatory Action Research on Women in Climate-induced Migration 2026-2028

Six to eight partner organisations will be selected to work with APWLD for 16 months (in between 2026-2028) to investigate and document the lived realities of women migrants and expose the effects of climate-related impacts, policy and actions to women in migration as well as influence related policies for the advancement of women migrants’ human rights and access to justice. 

APWLD will provide the selected organisations with a small grant to employ a young woman researcher and carry out the research including salary and on-costs with the maximum amount of US$ 14,000. Research partners will need to appoint a mentor to assist the young women researcher throughout the FPAR process.

APWLD will also support the young women researchers and their mentors to participate in capacity building workshops and provide advocacy or network opportunities. The main language of the FPAR is English. Interpretation support may be provided at the regional meetings when necessary.

Selection Criteria of the FPAR Partners

APWLD will select women migrants’ organisations who will lead the FPAR on women human rights of migrants in Asia and the Pacific. We are seeking non-governmental, non-profit, local or national groups, organisations, and migrants’ associations or unions. APWLD will consider the following when selecting the organisations for this process:

  • Sub-regional representation;
  • Recommendations/ references from APWLD members;
  • Diversity of migrants rights issues, concerns and advocacy priorities of women migrants groups, organisations and unions in Asia and the Pacific; 
  • Ability to communicate in English, as English will be the main working language for communication and participation throughout the FPAR process, including regional training sessions and submission of narrative and financial  reports.

Application

Interested organisations shall submit:

  1. Completed Application Form
  1. Recommendation / reference letter from other women’s or grassroots organisations (preferably from an APWLD member).

Please send completed forms by 31 July 2026 to aliza@apwld.org and shardha@apwld.org
(Please use the subject line: Application – Migration FPAR 2026-2028_name of your organisation)