RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING INITIATIVESAPWAPS

SURVEY RESPONDENTS

Action Research Initiatives

•Assessment of VAW, identifying location and formulating action plan (Pakistan)

•Capacities of women in peace, conflict and peacebuilding processes (Indonesia, Philippines)

•Women’s agenda for/women’s consultation on the peace process (Philippines)

•Engendering peace journalism (Philippines)

Action Research Initiatives

•Survey on how state can support women's economic and political participation (Philippines)

•Consultations on what will go into an anti-VAW Law (Myanmar)

•Rights to decent work and living wage of women in entertainment sectors (Nepal)

•Survey of issues affecting agricultural women (Philippines)

Research Papers/Case Studies• Sexual crimes and impunity in conflict zones

(India)• Women’s exploitation (Philippines)• Forced prostitution (India)• Sexual assaults, (India)• incest(Timor-Leste)• Human rights violations (Nepal)• Atrocities on Dalit women (India)• Effects of conflict on women (Nepal)• Baseline study on caste, women’s

vulnerabilities (India)• VAW ( Nepal, Myanmar, India))

Research Papers/Case Studies

•Extent of GBV in Aceh, Myanmar, India (to formulate prevention approaches and provide adequate response)

•GBV in conflict-affected areas•Gender violence and access to justice

(India)•Sex of children and discrimination against

women (Nepal)

Research Papers/Case Studies

•Violence against Rohingya women during the conflict (Myanmar)

•Victims of child marriages(Nepal, India)•Domestic violence –(Nepal, India, Timor-

Leste))•Women’s human security issues (India)•Cultural and traditional practices (India)•Tribal customary laws and women (India

Research Papers/Case Studies• Security and Justice in Siraha District (Nepal)• Issue of Minorities in Nepali Constitution• Nepalese Minority Groups: Struggle for

Identity and Representation• State Restructuring and Minority Group

(Nepal)• Minority Rights Protection in Federal System

(Nepal)• Minority rights (India)• Child Rights Timor-Leste)• Women’s rights (Vietnam)• Situational analysis on economic and social

rights of Dom community (Nepal)

Research Papers/Case Studies• Women of Terai in Peace Processes ( Nepal)• Women in conflict prevention, conflict and

peacebuilding (Indonesia and Philippines, India)

• Women’s political participation• Economic activities of women in conflict zones

(India)• Capacities of field workers to address conflict

(India)• Soldiers (including women) as peace champions

(Philippines)• Proposed Amendments to the Penal code to

increase women’s access to justice Timor-Leste)

Research Papers/Case Studies•Policies analysis on laws and policies on

human trafficking and migration (Nepal)•Mainstreaming GESI in Peace and Human

Rights Work (Nepal)•Extent of knowledge and awareness of

parliamentarians on CEDAW, GBV and 1325 issues (Myanmar)

•Improved quality of life of women due to a development organization's intervention (Sri Lanka)

Research/Case Studies

Publications

•Widows of the Gun (India)•Sexual crimes and impunity in conflict

zones (India)•Women of Pathraiya (plight and role in

inter-cultural harmony) (Nepal)•Resource Book on WPS (Nepal)•National Action Plan (Philippines)•Women’s Rights and Gender in Peace

Agreements (Asia)

Publications• Mindanao women’s involvement in early

warning• Myanmar’s current peace processes and new

role for women• Gender sensitivity: nicety or necessity in peace

processes (Asia)• Peacemaking in A-P: women’s participation,

perspectives and priorities• Managing peace processes, towards inclusivity

(Asia)• Peace education (Nepal, Philippines)• Stories of active nonviolence (Philippines)

Magazines

•Women in Action (women’s voices in peace and development)

•Rengani (India)

Publications

Manuals/Training Package• Peace and security manual for elected women

(India)• Women’s Leadership Manual (in Burmese

local languages)• Training package on peace education (Nepal,

Philippines)• Training package on VAW, gender and human

rights Nepal)• GBV and Women’s Rights Training Manual

(Myanmar)• Gender-sensitive active non-violence

(Philippines)

Manuals/Training Package

•Training package on rights for women in the resettlement areas (Vietnam)

•Training Manual for Women Working for Normalization (Philippines)

•Toolkit on health rights for women (Philippines)

•Training package on gender justice for conflict-affected women (Philippines)

•Media toolkit on WPS (Nepal)

IEC Materials

•Leaflets/brochures on 1325 (Philippines, Nepal)

•Poster on proportional representation of women (Nepal)

Stories, Essays, Blogs, Videos

•Implementation of 1325 (Nepal, Philippines)

•Women, peace and security blogs (Indonesia)

•Women strategizing justice video (Philippines)

•Soldiers for peace video (Philippines)

Monitoring and Evaluation•Monitoring report on implementation of

1325 (India, Philippines)• Implementation of NAP on 1325 (Philippines)• Implementation of CEDAW and 1325 in

ASEAN•CEDAW (Myanmar)•VAWC (Philippines)•Assessment of peace instruments (Nepal)•Community-based monitoring of women’s

daily security (Asia)

Scoping/Mapping Initiatives

•Agencies working on CEDAW, GBV and 1325 (Myanmar)

•WPS agenda in SE and South Asia•GBV in conflict -affected areas and

women's involvement in conflict resolution and peacebuilding (Indonesia)

Insights

•Most research initiatives are community women-focused

•Research/case studies are mostly focused on women’s victimization

•Publications are mostly focused on women’s work on peace

•Most M&E work are focused on the implementation of 1325 and/or the NAP