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Co-Creating Transformational and Gender-Responsive Climate Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific – A Multistakeholder Dialogue

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gender, climate action, SRHR: Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights, women and girls,
asia, pacific

On 30 September 2025, the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), UN Women, and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), through the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme, convened a Regional Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue in Bangkok ahead of the 9th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation (APAN) Forum.

Held at the UN Conference Centre (UNCC), the dialogue brought together Indigenous leaders, activists, climate experts, development partners, government officials, social movements, feminist networks, youth, and civil society representatives to co-create pathways toward transformational and gender-responsive adaptation, aligned with the APAN theme: Resilience for All: Catalyzing Transformational Adaptation.

The Pre-Conference Multistakeholder Dialogue discussions centred around three key themes, the calls to action and key messages are a summary of the sharings from the participants

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Vietnam

  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)

Sri Lanka

  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri Lanka (YANSL)

Singapore

  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Philippines

  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Pakistan

  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab

Nepal

  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA

Myanmar

  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar

Maldives

  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Malaysia

  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)

Lao PDR

  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)

Indonesia

  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia

India

  • CommonHealth;
  • Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut;
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)

Fiji

Cambodia

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association
Co-Creating Transformational and Gender-Responsive Climate Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific - A Multistakeholder Dialogue

On 30 September 2025, the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), UN Women, and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), through the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme, convened a Regional Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue in Bangkok ahead of the 9th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation (APAN) Forum.

Held at the UN Conference Centre (UNCC), the dialogue brought together Indigenous leaders, activists, climate experts, development partners, government officials, social movements, feminist networks, youth, and civil society representatives to co-create pathways toward transformational and gender-responsive adaptation, aligned with the APAN theme: Resilience for All: Catalyzing Transformational Adaptation.

The Pre-Conference Multistakeholder Dialogue discussions centred around three key themes, the calls to action and key messages are a summary of the sharings from the participants

Bangladesh

Maldives

  • Hope for Women
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network