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🚨 When militarism rises, women’s rights are threatened. Resources shift away from social protection while authoritarian agendas tied to security & extraction silence women human rights defenders. #DefendWomensHumanRights #FeministPeaceAndJustice #IWD2026

#FeministOpportunity : APWLD is inviting applications for the position of Finance Associate. 📌 Open for Thai nationals only. Successful candidate expected to relocate and work from Chiang Mai, Thailand. 🗓️ Deadline : 30 March, 2026 🔗 apply : apwld.org/vacancy-call-f…

Gender equality and ‘economic growth’ agendas, including the IMF-World Bank gender framework, push women into precarious, underpaid & informal work without rights, protection and collective bargaining power. ✊🏽 Stand with working women for #DecentWork & #DignityAtWork.

📣 #FeministOpportunity | APWLD is looking for an Event Coordinator for the #AsiaPacificFeministForum 2027 (APFF), one of the region’s largest gatherings of feminist movements. 🌸 ⏳ 20-month consultancy (Apr 2026 – Dec 2027) 🗓 30 March 2026 🔗 apwld.org/vacancy-call-f…

#IWD2026: 🌍 Conditionalities imposed by international financial institutions deepen inequality and shrink democratic space. ✊🏽 It's time to #CancelTheDebt! Defend public services and fight for #FeministDevelopmentJustice.

8 partners from Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan & Vanuatu have begun a new cycle of SDG monitoring. From 18-20 February 2026, they attended the training to prepare them for a year-long process of monitoring, advocacy and campaigning.

#FeministOpportunity | APWLD is seeking expressions of interest from national or local organisations in Asia and the Pacific to partner with us to conduct the National Feminist Legal Theory and Practice Training. Deadline : March 27, 2026. Apply at apwld.org/call-for-appli…

#IWD2026: The climate crisis is not accidental. It is driven by extractivist, profit-centered systems. 🌱 Climate justice means centering communities, not corporate profit. ✊ #FeministClimateJustice #ClimateJustice

Asia-Pacific women are seed keepers, seed savers & knowledge holders. In our submission on the Right to Seeds, APWLD highlights how corporate seed control & restrictive intellectual property regimes threaten farmers’ rights. 🔗 apwld.org/right-to-seeds…

To commemorate #InternationalWomensDay this month, we are amplifying grassroots women’s struggles for justice and rights across the region. One of the most urgent struggles is the fight for #foodsovereignty. ✊🏽 Food sovereignty is about people, land, power and justice.🌾

#APWLDSatAPFSD | APWLD and its Thailand-based members hosted a half-day gathering to unpack impacts of IMF & World Bank programs. As #IWD2026 reminds us of the power of mobilisation, we reaffirm our commitment to raising voices of women at the frontlines of economic injustice.

#March8 was born when working women rose up against exploitation, hunger, poverty wages and political exclusion. On #InternationalWomensDay, we call to organise for a feminist future that puts rights, dignity, land and care before profit. ✊🏽 🔗apwld.org/international-… #IWD2026

Speaking on SDG11 on sustainable cities, sustainable consumption and production, Urantsooj Gombosuren of CHRD, Mongolia connects sustainable cities to sustainable consumption and production. #FeministDevelopmentJustice #DevelopmentJusticeNow

Speaking at the 13th #APFSD2026 on SDG9, Ume Laila Azhar of HomeNet Pakistan highlights how labour rights, women’s human rights and sustainable industries are shaped by the decisions of powerful financial institutions. ✊ #FeministDevelopmentJustice #DevelopmentJusticeNow

In the last mile to 2030, debates on water and energy are incomplete without confronting gender justice. Aizhan Dzhanaeva of ALGA, Kyrgyzstan speaks on SDGs 6 and 7, and remind us that the struggle over natural resources is inseparable from meaningful people’s power.#APFSD2026

ICYMI: APWLD members delivered critical interventions at the 13th #APFSD raising issues of sustainable urban development, industrial policy, women’s labour rights and gender-just solutions. #ResistReclaimRebuild #PeoplesAgenda #SystemChange #APFSD2026

“Another world is possible because the power comes from the people.” Read the reflections of our alumni media fellow Anne Marxze D. Umil of independent newsroom @bulatlat , after attending COP30 here : apwld.org/field-notes-co… #APWLDatCOP30 #COPforWomen #COPforGlobalSouth

While COP30 concluded last year with mixed reactions, we paused to reflect on our continued work to ensure gender-just, peoples-centred climate solutions in our region. Read our full reflection here : apwld.org/outcomes-of-co… #APWLDatCOP30 #COPforGlobalSouth #ClimateJusticeNow

📢The deadline has been extended! APWLD invites applications for the 2026-2027 #FeministParticipatoryActionResearch on Women Interrogating #Trade & Corporate Hegemony (WITCH). 📍Deadline: 16 March 2026 🔗 Learn more and apply: apwld.org/call-for-appli…

APWLD members and partners, along with the @AP_RCEM constituencies, came together to provide critical analysis & raise feminist demands during the 13th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (#APFSD2026). 📷 Read our full statement: apwld.org/resist-reclaim…