Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
February 22nd, 2018
…women’s economic, social and cultural rights of ESCR Net. We Work With Women’s Rights Organisations Women workers (migrant workers, domestic workers, factory workers including home-based workers) Labour and trade unions…
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Four Things to Know about the Purple Economy
October 5th, 2018
…Ipek Ilkkaracan outlines her vision of an economic model which recognises care work. Until economic policies are implemented which reduce and redistribute care work, gender inequalities will not be addressed….
Read MoreInfluencing the Global Human Rights Agenda
February 22nd, 2018
In one sense almost all of IWRAW AP’s work is about advocacy – about advocating for change to ensure that women’s human rights are achieved, and that discrimination is eliminated….
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Following the Money: The Kafala System and Chain of Domestic Workers’ Migration
December 14th, 2020
The Kafala sponsorship system is a set of policies and laws that tie migrant workers’ status to their sponsor. Migrant domestic workers are governed by this system and excluded from…
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Connecting Gender Equality to Environmental Justice
May 8th, 2021
…realities, and to place women at the centre of global policy solutions around climate change. Building on IWRAW Asia Pacific’s existing work under women’s economic, social and cultural rights, this…
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IWRAW Asia Pacific Partner Feedback to the Update on General Recommendation No. 19 on Violence Against Women by CEDAW
July 28th, 2016
…this work by the Committee, prior to the draft being publicly shared, IWRAW Asia Pacific led an initiative to gather feedback from both CSOs and experts on GBVAW via an…
Read MoreBoard of Directors
February 13th, 2018
…Chee Yoke Ling Yoke Ling is the director of Third World Network (TWN) and works on sustainable development issues, with a focus on social justice and equity issues and the…
Read MoreHow is macroeconomics relevant to women’s human rights?
November 11th, 2021
…women and girls differently, differentiated by age, income, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, race, and other characteristics, is another component of macroeconomic policy that is often overlooked. When an international trade…
Read MoreMain institutions of macroeconomics: World Bank
January 5th, 2022
…it is to have the desired development impact.”1Wellenstein, A., & Gill, M. (28 August 2019). Making Infrastructure Work for Both Women and Men. World Bank Blogs. In assessing these projects…
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Intentional Intersectionality in the Fight against Climate Change
April 15th, 2021
…work collectively to find ways these can be mitigated through an intentionally intersectional approach. The session is also intended to contribute to filling the knowledge gap for these groups and…
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