Category Archives: Sustainable Development
RIM on the Follow Up of Rio+20: Final Statement from the Women Major Group (WMG)
In 22-24 April 2013, APWLD attended the Regional Implementation Meeting on the Follow Up of Rio+20, held in Bangkok and organised by UN-ESCAP and UNEP. The RIM focused on these theme issues: (1) Institutional Framework on Sustainable Development, (2) SDGs … Continue reading
Report on 4th High Level Panel Roundtable: Women’s Rights and Global Partnership in Post-2015 Development Agenda
Our world is currently at a crossroad. Facing multiple and interconnected crises of environment, finance, food, energy, democracy and most of all a crisis of deep inequalities, we are confronted with a challenge and an opportunity. Policy making over the … Continue reading
Civil Society Organisations Campaign for People’s Goals for Sustainable Development
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), together with other regional and national civil society organisations (CSOs) pledged to Campaign for People’s Goals for Sustainable Development (CPGSD). This initiative came as an outcome for the ‘Rights for Sustainability … Continue reading
The impact of “development” and forced evictions on women
Cambodia: Borei Keila Settlement January 12, 2012 – In early 2003, Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila settlement became a test case for a new model on relocation of Cambodia’s urban poor.

