The Hazara community is a minority ethnic group in Pakistan that has been based in the Balochistan city of Quetta for over a century and a half. The bulk of […]
Pakistan
Struggles
Right Here Right Now Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, adolescents have limited access to accurate information on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Simultaneously, they are exposed to content in the media that perpetuate certain gender […]
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Garment Workers’ Solidarity
Women make up the majority of workers in the Bangladesh Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector as a whole, with 60.8% of all working women being employed in the sector. However, […]
Bangladesh
Adivasi Vikas Manch
Adivasi Vikas Manch (AVM) was formed in 1993 by the Adivasis of Kotra block, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India to address various issues in the region specifically related to Adivasis*. Kotra […]
India
Community for Social Change and Development
Community for Social Change and Development (CSCD) is registered as a public charitable trust in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The organisation, established in 2020, aims to work with women workers holistically […]
India
Jagriti Mahila Maha Sangh
Formed in 2006, Jagriti Mahila Maha Sangh (JMMS) is a national peer-led network of women working in the sex industry in Nepal. It comprises of 33 community-based women sex worker-led […]
Nepal
Girls Rights Forum
The Girls Rights Forum (GRF) is an organised network of adolescent girls formed in two districts of Nepal – Kapilvastu and Rupandehi. Formed and registered in 2018, GRF has over […]
Nepal
Home Based Women Workers Federation
Home Based Women Workers (HBWW) is a struggle for the recognition of HBWWs in Pakistan as formal labour and the extension of labour laws and rights to HBWWs. Home Based […]
Pakistan
Child Rights Movement
The Child Rights Movement (CRM) Pakistan is a group of civil society organisations, which was established with a mission to promote and safeguard child rights in Pakistan. This study focuses […]
Pakistan
Girls Not Brides Bangladesh
Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of early marriage in the world. Over two thirds of girls get married before they reach 18; the country also has the highest […]
Bangladesh
Rape Law Reform Now
Despite increasing reports of rape in the media, conviction rates in Bangladesh remain low and rapists continue to enjoy impunity. Studies demonstrate that most rape victims and survivors still do […]
Bangladesh
National Alliance of Women Human Right Defenders
The Women Human Right Defenders (WHRDs) movement started in Nepal in 2003, primarily to fight against all kinds of structural violence and discrimination against women. The National Alliance of Women […]
Nepal
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) was formed in January 2007 as an autonomous, secular, rights-based mass organisation led by Muslim women to fight for the citizenship rights of the Muslims […]
India
Samarthan Mahila Sangathan’s Nyay Samiti
Samarthan Mahila Sangathan is a grassroots collective working for women’s dignity and gender justice in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. It is associated with Utthan – an organisation that was founded in 1981 […]
India
Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj
Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj (NMES) is a network-based organisation of landless (squatter and informal settlement) women. It started as a loose network formed to advocate for safe shelter rights and […]
Nepal
Aurat March and Aurat Azadi March
Aurat March (AM) and Aurat Azadi March (AAM) are an organised feminist political collective with independent chapters in different cities in Pakistan that work towards holding an annual march on […]
Pakistan