WOMEN’S Aid Organisation, Malaysia (http://www.wao.org.my/) launched a nationwide public education programme called #NoExcuseForAbuse to raise awareness on domestic violence in March. Through this campaign, they targeted the earlier phase of domestic abuse before it snowballs. Especially, they were reaching out to those who are in doubt, who are questioning whether things are going right inContinue reading “#NoExcuseForAbuse”
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ANWS presents at the UN Commission on the Status of Women NGO Forum in New York
The Asian Network of Women’s Shelters and the Oceania Network of Women’s Shelters held a forum at the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on the topic of “Asia-Pacific Shelters: Going the Second Mile with Advocacy and Service Work” early in the morning on Monday, March 10, 2014. The speakers wereContinue reading “ANWS presents at the UN Commission on the Status of Women NGO Forum in New York”
Give Her a Shelter, Stop Violence Against Women
Establishment of Asian Network of Women’s Shelter Almost 200 hundred delegates participated in the 2013 Asian Conference of Women’s Shelters organized in Kaohsiung from December 2 – 3, 2013, where the establishment of the Asian Network of Women’s Shelters was announced. The overseas delegates were from 11 countries (including Japan, Singapore, Nepal, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Cambodia,Continue reading “Give Her a Shelter, Stop Violence Against Women”
Asian Network of Women's Shelters 