The Asia Pacific region experienced its own growth in social movements this year and women were at the heart of many. For APWLD, 2011 was a year of movement building and significant growth. During the year we saw the birthing of new movements, the maturation of some growing movements and the strengthening and innovation of some our established movements. Our programmes saw the outcomes of improving women’s human rights and contributing to the larger goal of building a stronger movement of women who are transforming their national, regional and international landscapes. Also, this year we strengthened our monitoring, evaluation and learning systems focusing on ways to measure our impact on movements on structural change. The framework recognises that collective work as a movement brings about sustainable change.
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Across Asia Pacific space, resources and security for women’s rights activism is perilously tenuous. In 2010 APWLD members experienced threats, harassment and prosecution because of their rights work and at the same time many feminist organisations struggled to secure funds to continue their rights based work. Despite this climate 2010 was a year of growth for APWLD. Our Secretariat grew, our programme work expanded as did our networks and membership. We increased participatory methods in our workshops which broadened our reach and increased engagement with grassroots women. We implemented a new structure designed to grow the opportunities for members to lead and engage with APWLD’s work. This growth ensured increased impact and output across our four programme areas.
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As APWLD approached nearly a quarter decade of work in Asia Pacific we took a close work at our strength as a regional network. It was obvious; our strength is in our membership – the organisations of grassroots women on the frontlines of the struggle for women’s human rights. In order to create a better network, we needed to support and fortify these frontlines. Similarly, we needed these strong voices to be represented in each of the levels of APWLD governance and action.
2009 has been a transformative year for APWLD. A restructuring of our governance and refocus of our programmes reflected the existing and emerging expertise of our membership. Renewal is never a sudden or simple process. It has however energized our work. The strength we gained early in 2009 is visible across our programme activities in themes of strengthened knowledge, strengthened voice, strengthened participation and a stronger institution at the centre of women’s human rights in Asia Pacific.
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