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Asia Pacific Declaration of Women and Girls with Disabilities, Beijing +30: List of endorsements

Asia Pacific Declaration of Women and Girls with Disabilities, Beijing +30: List of endorsements

Endorsements

This Declaration includes input from 35 contributing organisations and has been endorsed already by 240+ organisations, collectives, networks and individuals as of January 2, 2025.

Organisations/Collectives/Networks

  1. "Agate" Rights Defense Center for Women with Disabilities, Armenia;
  2. Access Planet Organization, Nepal;
  3. Advocacy for Women with Disabilities Initiative (AWWDI), Abuja;
  4. All Tribal Disables Union Manipur, Manipur, India;
  5. ANANDI - Area Networking and Development Initiatives, India;
  6. ASEAN Disability Forum, Southeast Asia;
  7. Ashray, India;
  8. Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Asia-Pacific;
  9. Association Disabilities Timor-Leste (ADTL), Timor-Leste;
  10. Association for Development and Empowerment of Indigenous Person with Disabilities- AIPDDE, Nepal;
  11. Association For Promotion Sustainable Development, India;
  12. Association for Youth Well Being, India;
  13. Australian Women’s Health Alliance, Australia;
  14. Ballerina Management Institute Trust (BMIT), Global;
  15. Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication, Bangladesh;
  16. Beyond Beijing Committee Nepal, Nepal;
  17. Blind Women Association Nepal, Nepal;
  18. Blue Diamond Society, Nepal;
  19. Center for Reproductive Rights, Asia;
  20. Chikankata Ngangula Disabled Farmers Association, Zambia;
  21. Chronic Pain India, India;
  22. Cohesion Foundation Trust, India;
  23. CommonAge – The Commonwealth Association for the Ageing, Brunei Darussalam & Malaysia / Asia and the Pacific;
  24. Community Based Rehabilitation Network Timor-Leste (CBRN-TL), Timor-Leste;
  25. CREA, Global;
  26. Culture Centre of the Deaf, Mongolia;
  27. Diner Alo Hijra Sangho (DAHS), Bangladesh;
  28. Disability Leadership Institute, Australia;
  29. Disability Pride Bangladesh, Bangladesh;
  30. Disable Society Janakpur DSJ, Nepal;
  31. Diversity and Equal Opportunity Centre (DEOC), India;
  32. Dong Nai Deaf LGBTQIA+ and Viet Nam Deaf LGBTQIA+, Vietnam;
  33. Dream A Dream, India;
  34. Dusk Empowered Women's Association, Uganda;
  35. Enable India, India;
  36. Enfold Proactive Health Trust, India;
  37. Everystory Sri Lanka (ESSL), Sri Lanka;
  38. Falconscare Initiative for Women with Disabilities Empowerment, Nigeria;
  39. Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN), Nepal;
  40. FEATHERS, India;
  41. Federation of Women With Disability Nepal (FWDN), Nepal;
  42. Femidiscas, México;
  43. Feminist Policy Collective, India;
  44. Fiji Women's Rights Movement, Fiji;
  45. Fourth Wave Foundation, India;
  46. Free A Girl's World Network, Kenya;
  47. Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, Nepal/Worldwide;
  48. Himalaya Innovate, Thailand;
  49. Himpunan Wanita Disabilitas Indonesia (HWDI), South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia;
  50. Hope Single Mothers with Disabilities (HSMD), Rwanda;
  51. Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, India;
  52. Indonesia Coalition of Organization of Persons with Disabilities, Indonesia;
  53. Indonesian Mental Health Association, Indonesia;
  54. İnter Dayanışma Türkiye, Türkiye;
  55. International Women's Development Agency (IWDA), Australia;
  56. Ipas, Global Network;
  57. Kishara Trust, Sri Lanka;
  58. La Kopi Dementia Peer Support Group, Singapore;
  59. Latika, India;
  60. Little People of Kosova, Kosovo;
  61. Madhesh Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (MIDWAN), Nepal;
  62. Mahawanti Solutions Private Limited, india;
  63. Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM), India;
  64. Malaysian Youth Diplomacy, Malaysia;
  65. Mariwala Health Initiative, South Asia;
  66. MenEngage Uganda Network, Uganda;
  67. Mentaid, India;
  68. MONFEMNET National Network NGO, Mongolia;
  69. MSI Asia Pacific, Australia;
  70. Multiple Sclerosis Society of India, India;
  71. National Alliance of Women's Organisations, India;
  72. National Commission on Violence Against Women, Indonesia;
  73. National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL), India;
  74. National Forum of Women with Disabilities (NFWWD), Pakistan;
  75. National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN), Nepal;
  76. National Museum Rainbow Coalition, Kenya;
  77. Nationwide Organization of Visually-Impaired Empowered Ladies (NOVEL), Philippines;
  78. Nazariya: QFRG - A Queer Feminist Resource Group, India;
  79. Network of Women with Disabilities, Nigeria;
  80. NGO Little People of Kosova, Kosovo;
  81. NGO Parastor, Tajikistan;
  82. Nirantar, India;
  83. Nivedita Nari Sangstha, Silchar (NNS), India;
  84. No Leprosy Remains (NLR), Nepal;
  85. Nuanua O Le Alofa, Samoa;
  86. Oceania Pride, Fiji;
  87. OMI Foundation, India;
  88. One Billion Rising International Campaign, India;
  89. One Future Collective, India;
  90. Our Voices Our Futures, Global;
  91. Overcome Obstacles, NGO, Mongolia;
  92. Pacta, India;
  93. Papua New Guinea Women In Disability Network, Papua New Guinea;
  94. Peace and Equality Cell, India;
  95. Perkins India, India;
  96. Point of View, India;
  97. Project DIWA, Philippines;
  98. Publicis Sapient, India;
  99. Red Dot Foundation, India;
  100. Rising Flame, India;
  101. Sahyog Chehak Trust, India;
  102. Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, India;
  103. Sense International India, India;
  104. Shakhi Friends of Women, Nepal;
  105. Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre, India;
  106. Sightsavers, International;
  107. Social Action Forum for Manav Adhikar (SAFMA), India;
  108. Special Child Assistance Network (SCAN) Trust, India;
  109. Spinal Injured Persons Association (SIPA), India;
  110. Straight Talk Foundation, Uganda
  111. Strive for Inclusion and Development Uganda, Uganda, East Africa;
  112. Sukriti Social Foundation, India;
  113. Swayam Foundation, India;
  114. Taiwan Mad Alliance, Taiwan;
  115. TCI Global, Global (Asia and Pacific);
  116. The Gender Lab, India;
  117. The Leprosy Mission, International;
  118. The YP Foundation, India;
  119. Ummeed, India;
  120. Voluntary Action Network India (VANI), India;
  121. WAYVE Foundation, India;
  122. Women's Action Network, Sri Lanka;
  123. Women and Media Collective, Sri Lanka;
  124. Women Gaining Ground Consortium, South Asia and East Africa;
  125. Women With Disabilities Australia, Australia;
  126. Women With Disability Association (OPD), Lao PDR;
  127. Women With Disability India Network, India;
  128. Women Working Group (WWG), Indonesia;
  129. Women’s Health and Equal Rights Initiative (WHER), Nigeria;
  130. World Vision International, International/Asia-Pacific Region;
  131. Youth Service Centre, India.

Individuals

  1. Abha Sharma, Ph.D, University of Washington, USA;
  2. Abira P, Principal Consultant - Impact, Omnicom Group, India;
  3. Abhishek Kumar, Javed Abidi Fellow on Disability, National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), India;
  4. Ajit Kumar, General Secretary, Divyang Adhikar Manch, India;
  5. Akankshi Srivastava, Assistant Professor, Vasanta College for Women, India;
  6. Aminath Shiyama Anwar, Director: Counselling & Psychosocial Service, Society for Health Education, Maldives;
  7. Amita Jain, Special Educator, India;
  8. Anna C. Gamboa, Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Diliman, PH;
  9. Anupriya, Gender and SRHR Expert, India;
  10. Anupriya, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia, India;
  11. Anurita Pathak, ED(i/c), North East Network, India;
  12. Apoorv Kulkarni, Head of Research, OMI Foundation, India;
  13. Kavya Poornima Balajepalli, Javed Abidi Fellow on Disability, National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), India;
  14. Arathi Kurup, Associate Director, Project Potential Trust, India;
  15. Ashmira Hamirani, Senior Coordinator, Association of People with Disability, India;
  16. Ashok Kumar, Manager, Dr. Reddy’s Foundation, India;
  17. Ashutosh Singhal, Alumni of Hindu College, India;
  18. Banibrata Mahanta, Professor of English, Banaras Hindu University, India;
  19. Benson Kamau Maina, Counselling Psychologist, Jinsiangu, Kenya;
  20. Bikash Man Singh, Executive Director, No Leprosy Remains (NLR), Nepal;
  21. Bonney Corbin, Director of Advocacy, MSI Asia Pacific, Australia;
  22. Byambajav Bilguun, Student, Huree University, Mongolia;
  23. Cathreen Namayi Shiundu, Secretary General, Kakamega County Disability Caucus, Kenya;
  24. Charu Chaturvedi, Development Sector Professional - Specialist in women’s and children’s rights, India;
  25. Chetan SV, Research Scholar, Department of Liberal Arts, IIT Hyderabad, India;
  26. Debarati Choudhury, Research Fellow, Global Campaign for Dalit Women, India;
  27. Deepa Kandaswamy, Writer and Author, India;
  28. Ambika Bhatnagar, Assistant Professor, KR Mangalam University, India;
  29. Antoni Tsaputra, Asian Development Bank, Indonesia;
  30. Deepa V.; Associate Professor, Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences, India;
  31. Jennifer Byrne, University of Galway, Ireland;
  32. John Sircar, Founder & Chief Functionary, Helping Hand Foundation, India;
  33. K. Panchaksharam, Founder, SIPA Fair Trade, India;
  34. K. Raghuraman, Assistant Professor, Government Arts College, India;
  35. M. B. Athreya, Institutional Mentor, Athreya Management Systems, India;
  36. Sapna Kamal Sangra, Faculty (Assistant Professor), University of Jammu, India;
  37. Shalini Garg, Professor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), India;
  38. Suzette Mitchell, Gender and Disability Specialist, Australia;
  39. Elcy Pinto, Lecturer, St. Andrew's college Mumbai, India;
  40. Gauri Gupta, Lawyer and Disability Rights Activist, India;
  41. Gift Watchful, Network of Women with Disabilities, Nigeria;
  42. Gitanjali, External Consultant, Nazariya: QFRG - A Queer Feminist Resource Group, India;
  43. Gulam Khan, Cerecalm, India;
  44. Gunjan Chandak Khemka, Psychoanalyst and Mental Health Consultant, India;
  45. Gurpreet Kaur, Independent Researcher, India;
  46. Hiljmnijeta Apuk, Kosovo;
  47. Jackline Sekento Lankas, Teacher, Kenya;
  48. Jahnvi Andharia, Director and Research Fellow, Institute of Social Studies Trust, India;
  49. Josephine Mwende Kamene, Founder, AbleRise Africa Society, Kenya;
  50. Jovie Benson Lyngdoh, Former Consultant, (Previously) Tech start-up, India;
  51. Katha Bhatt, Communication & Documentation Associate, Prabhat Education Foundation, India;
  52. Khadija Wasim, Head of Outreach, Mahwari Justice, Pakistan;
  53. Khandoker Shohel Rana, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, Sightsavers, Asia;
  54. Krishan Kalra, India;
  55. Krishna, Senior Manager, EY, India;
  56. Kuhoo Tiwari, Lead, Leadership Communities, One Future Collective, India;
  57. Ladli Kumari, Student and Social Worker, Bihar Youth for Child Rights, India;
  58. Leku Sylvie Nakou, Executive Director, Inclusive Action for Development and Sustainability, Cameroon;
  59. Luke Twesigye, Project Coordinator, Straight Talk Foundation/MenEngage Uganda Network, Uganda;
  60. Makhabbat Boranbay, Kazakhstan;
  61. Marcia DCunha, Teacher, ICWM, India;
  62. Mariam Ahmed, Asia Pacific Beijing +30 CSO Forum, Nigeria;
  63. Maulani A Rotinsulu, UN ESCAP Champion 2012-2022, Make The Right Real Campaign, Indonesia;
  64. Me Me Zin Oo, Myanmar;
  65. Mohua Jarin Rushni Shathi, Executive Director, Disability Pride Bangladesh, Bangladesh;
  66. Muhammad Rhaka Katresna, Regional Executive Body, ASEAN Youth Forum, ASEAN;
  67. Murali Padmanabhan, Disability Inclusion Advisor, Independent Consultant, Asia Pacific;
  68. Nang May Phu Mon, Gender Equality Consultant, Myanmar;
  69. Niluka Gunawardena, Co-Founder, 5th&U, Sri Lanka;
  70. Nora Lisset Leiva Narciso, COPDIGUA, Guatemala;
  71. Nupur Joshi, Professional Social Worker, India;
  72. Pramila Silakari, Strategic Development and Communications Manager, Prabhat Education Foundation, India;
  73. Pranaadhika Sinha Devburman, Chief Trustee, One Million Against Abuse Foundation, India;
  74. Pratigya Kayastha, Public Health Professional, Nepal/Asia-Pacific Region;
  75. Priya Nanda, Global Health Consultant, India;
  76. Puneet Singh Singhal, Co-Founder, Billion Strong, International;
  77. Rahul Singh, Manager, Tata Consultancy Services, India;
  78. Rajiv Shah, Accommodation Specialist, USA;
  79. Rakhi Bose, Assistant Editor, Outlook India Magazine, India;
  80. Ratnaboli Ray, Founder and Managing Trustee, Anjali, India;
  81. Raundoh Tul Jannah, M.Han (Master of Defense in Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies)., Individual Member of The FGM Asia Pacific, Researcher, Indonesia;
  82. Richa Bhutani, Researcher, Sense International India, India;
  83. Ritu Dewan, Professor & Director, Mumbai School of Economics & Public Policy, University of Mumbai, India;
  84. Rukmini Pradhan, Creative Producer, Disney India, India;
  85. Rukmini Sodhi, Special. Educator Teacher Trainer/Mentor, India;
  86. Saima S. Hussain, Independent Consultant, India;
  87. Samrat Ghatraj, India;
  88. Samyak Sahare, Student, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNU), India;
  89. Sarah Sharma, Sign Language Interpreter, Freelancer, India;
  90. Sarifa Patel, Newham Disability Rep Forum, United Kingdom;
  91. Saswati Ghosh, Academic and Activist, Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression – West Bengal (WSS-WB), India;
  92. Saurav Roychowdhury, Sign Language Interpreter, ASLI- India, India;
  93. Semanti Chakladar, Research Consultant, SEWA Cooperative Federation, India;
  94. Shahin Khan, Clinical Research Professional, CRO, India;
  95. Shiela May Aggarao, Secretary, Nationwide Organization of Visually-Impaired Empowered Ladies (NOVEL), Philippines;
  96. Shraddha Chickerur, Program Officer, UNECSO, India (South Asia);
  97. Shubhangi K Bhide, Consultant and Educator, Sahyog Chehak Trust, Mumbai, India;
  98. Smitha Sadasivan, Senior Advisor, Inclusive Health Policy, Disability Rights India Foundation, India;
  99. Sophie Moochhala, Consultant, India;
  100. Stuti Kacker, Former Secretary to Government of India, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, India;
  101. Sudarshan R Kottai, Assistant Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India;
  102. Suneeta Dhar, Feminist Activist, N.A., South Asia;
  103. Tanisha Chadha, Independent Consultant, India;
  104. Tanmay Mishra, Consultant, World Resource Institute India, India;
  105. Tuikhang Chuongsin Koireng, General Secretary, All Tribal Disables Union Manipur, Manipur, India;
  106. Vanita Nayak Mukherjee, Executive Committee, DAWN feminist, India;
  107. Vibhuti Patel, Retired Professor, Feminist Policy Collective, India;
  108. Vijay Kishor Tiwari, Assistant Professor (Law), The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, India;
  109. Vilazonuo, Project Lead, North East Network, India
  110. Wang Shiou Wu, President, Taiwan Mad Alliance, Taiwan;
  111. Wegner Wilma, SRHR Program Assistant, Uganda LBQ Loose Network, Uganda;
  112. Zainab Sana Tarannum, Advocate, Practicing Advocate at Subordinate Courts India, India.