May Day Call for Workers: Is it Time for a Global Strike?
On the 1st of May 1886, thousands of workers went on a general strike demanding eight-hour work day with no
Gender-responsive climate policy with a focus on adaptation and capacity-building, and training for delegates on gender issues
Introduction At COP20, Parties adopted the Lima Work Programme on Gender (Decision 18/CP.20), which aims to further advance the implementation
Submission to Australian Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties On the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
APWLD concludes that the TPP will have serious and negative impacts on women’s human rights, development justice, the capacity to
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: Globalisation, Militarism, Fundamentalisms: the trinity of inequality and violence
Today we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, recognising that, despite decades of commitments, violence
No to HSBC and Crédit Agricole at GCF
The Board of the Green Climate Fund must reject the applications for accreditation[1] of both HSBC and Crédit Agricole.
Unity Statement: Asia Pacific Civil Society’s Demands for the Legally Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights
This statement originates from the Asia Pacific Regional Consultation on the Asia Pacific Regional Consultation on the Legally Binding Treaty
A ‘Non-Paper’ for a ‘Non-Effective’ ‘Non-Just’ ‘Non-Equal’ Climate Agreement
On October 5th 2015, the co-Chairs of the ADP process released a new “Non-Paper” document including a draft of
Stop harassment of indigenous woman human rights defender Alma Sinumlag
Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD) strongly condemns the recent harassment and threat by a member of
Reclaim Power for Energy Democracy
We, the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), join climate change activists from across the globe to
Strike to regain our economies, our planet, our power as workers
Nazma Akhter speech delivered at the People's General Assembly 27 September 2015 I’m here to represent the 60,000 members of