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The 2018 Asian Conference of Women’s Shelters will take place in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan on November 2 before the Japan National Shelters Symposium on November 3-4, 2018. Theme: Evidence based research on shelter needs and the status of laws to prevent domestic violence and protect survivors in Asia Venue: Tokyo & Sapporo, Japan Dates: OctoberContinue…

Hosted by the Garden of Hope Foundation and the Asian Network of Women’s Shelters (ANWS), the Asian Conference of Women’s Shelters was held in Taipei from August 28-31, and attended by 180 people from 19 countries and over 60 shelter organizations in Asia and Europe. For the participating shelter managers, staff, other activists and front-lineContinue…

(Monday, August 28, 2017) Attended by 180 people from 18 countries and over 60 shelter organizations in Asia and Europe, the Asian Conference of Women’s Shelters started in Taipei today. You can follow the proceeding on our live web-stream. The conference started with welcome speeches from Chi Hui-Jung, CEO of the Garden of Hope andContinue…

The Asian Conference of Women’s Shelters 2017 will be held in the Taipei on August 28-30 on the theme of “Continental shifts in shelter management: Cross-regional dialogue on transforming women’s shelters”. The event will bring together shelter heads, domestic violence professionals and community partners from over a dozen Asian countries and many more organizations. HeldContinue…

Forty leaders of the shelter and gender equality movement in Asia met in the Hague, the Netherlands on November 2-3, 2015, to discuss the status of women’s empowerment in the region. On the eve of the Third World Conference of Women’s Shelters on November 2, Asian delegates gathered at the Centrum Quadraat meeting room in theContinue…