The Initiative
The project will include: a mentoring project, an online toolkit resource to outline ways to increase women’s participation as members, leaders and candidates, and development of a three-year action plan. We will also work to improve data collection on gender in Green parties so we can track progress.
How You Can Help
We are at the beginning of the project, and are looking for Greens women (we hope to draw on knowledge and experience of other Greens around the world for this project) who can:
The project will be delivered by members of the Women’s Network in Asia.
To get involved, please contact: Anita Nautiyal ([email protected]) from India, who is leading the mentoring project, and Guia Limpin ([email protected]) of the Philippines, who will prepare the Toolkit and Action Plan.
Funding for the project has been received from the International Development Committee, an Australian Greens initiative which directs Australian Government grants for advancing democracy to support the development of Greens parties in Asia Pacific. APGFWN hopes to use this small grant to commence work and to seek further funds to develop the program in future years.
About the Asia Pacific Greens Federation Women’s Network (APGFWN)
The APGF Women’s Network (APGFWN) is part of the Asia Pacific Greens Federation (APGF). The Network was formed in November 2015, with members from Australia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Palestine, Pakistan, Philippines, and Taiwan. To find out more, please visit our APGFWN Facebook page.