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    • GENERAL LINKS

    Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, Development 
    NGO with the goal of using the rights of women as an instrument in the fight for human rights

    Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
    Transnational NGO that works for equality of women in the region

    The Central Asian Network of Gender Studies
    Network of researchers working together for developing an academic discourse of gender equality and promoting institutionalization of Gender Studies in the higher education institutions of the Central Asia (English and Russian)

    Gender Informational Network of the South Caucasus (GINSC)
    Information portal for women and gender relations in South Asia 

    International Women's Rights Action Watch- Asia Pacific (IWRAW)
    Promotes the domestic implementation of international human rights standards by building the capacity of women and human rights advocates to claim and realise women's human rights

    Online Women
    Asia Pacific Online Network of Women in Governance, Politics, and Transformative Leadership

    Pan Pacific and South East Asian Women's Association
    Network of women in the region

    Women's Advancement Fund
    Empowers severely disadvantaged women and girls by providing education, vocational training, micro-credit, legal rights education, protection from trafficking or abuse, and other initiatives to improve their lives.

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    AFGHANISTAN

    Afghan Women's Network
    Works together with RAWA. Focus on health and education

    Afghanistan-Nimroz
    Informations about the province Nimroz in the south of Afghanistan, inspection reports, donations account

    Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
    Independent political and social organization of Afghan women

    The Feminist Majority Foundation Online
    Organization to stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan

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    BANGLADESH

    Women helping women in Bangladesh
    Report on a women's initiative

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    BURMA

    Karen Women's Organization
    Works on development and relief in the refugee camps on the Tha border

    Women's League of Burma
    Umbrella organization working for women's empowerment

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    INDIA

    ASMITA - Feminist Alternative Media Organization in Nepal
    Media Organization for Women's Empowerment & Gender Equality in Nepal, publications on women in the media, stories, events of Nepali women's movement and activities

    Programme on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PWESCR)
    Human rights organisation with a thematic focus on women's rights 

    SEWA India
    Women's self-help organization for poverty alleviation

    Stree Mukti Sangathana
    This Indian women's organization advocates for the equality of all women in society, regardless of class or caste.


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    JAPAN

    Violence Against Women in War - Network Japan
    Women's organization for peace and demilitarization in Japan


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    KOREA

    Ewah Womans University
    Christian university for women

    Korean Women's Development Institute (KWDI)
    Comprehensive research on women's issues

    Sookmyung Women's University
    University for women

    Volunteers Crossing Borders for Women's Rights
    Raising awareness and promoting women's human rights

    Women's Worlds 2005
    (only in Korean language) International Conference in Seoul

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    All Women's Action Society
    Works to combat discrimination and violence against women in Malaysia

    Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), Malaysia
    Organization focused on rape and domestic violence

    Sisters in Islam
    Network of Muslim women that works for the expansion of women's rights in Islam

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    PAKISTAN

    Shirkat Gah - Women's Resource Center
    Organization focused on gender equality and women's empowerment

    Simorgh - Women's Resource and Publication Centre
    Organization that emphasizes research and publication on the issue of gender inequality

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    SINGAPORE

    Association of Women for Action & Research (AWARE)
    Works towards gender equality and equal opportunities in Singapore


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    TAIWAN

     

    Taiwan Women Web
    Taiwan women against domestic violence

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    THAILAND

    Women's Action and Resource Initiative (WARI)
    Women’s Action and Resource Initative, independent and non-profit organization based in Bangkok, providing research, education and gender training programs

     

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    Aktualisiert: 13.08.2007, kra