SANAT | SANWIP | CAPWIP

South Asia Network for Advocacy against Trafficking in Persons

(SANAT)

About the SANAT project:

SANAT is a network established in the belief that collaboration with national and regional partners is essential to handle transnational issues such as trafficking that cut across the boundaries of nations. A regional approach is needed for research, planning, priority setting and implementation. This yields great advantages that cannot be derived from either a solely national-level approach or a more generic global approach. CSR and its South Asian partners have their own individual national networks which increase the possibility of integrating both national and regional efforts within overall strategies. This network also work to increase the impact of research and strength of interventions at national and regional levels.

SANAT was tasked with creating a pressure lobby so that the relevant issues can be raised at the regional level (SAARC), and at national levels simultaneously. The role of network partners is to share best examples and practices from their own country and then implement strategies that have worked successfully in individual countries at the regional level.

Project Aims:

• To promote the development of regional communications networks, which will facilitate the monitoring, and control of activities relating to trafficking in persons.

• To encourage co-coordinated social movements against the trafficking of women.

• To devise strategies to carry out rehabilitation programmes for young women who have been subjected to trafficking, keeping in mind education and employment opportunities to women in their own socio-economic settings

• To lobby with SAARC governments to develop appropriate legislation for the implementation of the SAARC Convention of trafficking especially for rehabilitation of trafficked victims.

• To put pressure on all countries to implement the SAARC convention to improve the status of women (e.g. CEDAW, and SAARC Convention of Trafficking), and on all countries, which have ratified the conventions to establish laws and enforcement in accordance with the conventions.

• To facilitate, encourage and lobby for bilateral talks with India and other South Asian countries to terminate the practice of trafficking people between countries.

Project Objectives:

• Capacity building and strengthening of the South Asian Network in developing an Action Plan and Road Map against trafficking in persons

• To engage in advocacy & lobbying for the implementation of the SAARC Convention on Trafficking by the member states

The project was funded by Academy for Educationl Development (AED)/South Asia Regional Initiative/ Equity Support Program (SARI/Q).

For more information, please visit: SANAT Home Page

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South Asian Network for Women in Politics 

(SANWIP)

SANWIP was formed with the goals of sharing, discussing, articulating, and drawing out a plan of action and adopting strategies to achieve gender equality in political decision- making institutions at all levels. The group represents women from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Srilanka.

SANWIP Pledge

We, the women of South Asia, while maintaining faith in democratic principles, endeavor to attain gender equality and integrate feminist perspective in politics. We aim to do this by tackling obstacles to women's political empowerment.

Our Goals: We Strive

• For clean and green politics.

• For women's empowerment through participator democracy.

• For nation-building on the basis of sustainable development.

• For human rights and social justice.

• Against gender discrimination and harassment of women.

• Against illiteracy, unemployment, poverty and inequality.

• Against corruption, communalism, casteism and regionalism criminalisation in politics, violence and war.

• For a new political culture based upon compassion and cooperation.

• For South Asian Regional Harmony and a humane world system.

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Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics 

(CAPWIP)

CAPWIP is a non-partisan, non-profit and non-governmental regional organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics and decision-making. CAPWIP was established in 1992 by a group of women from the Asia-Pacific region who share a vision of governance that affirms gender equality, integrity and accountability, excellence, sustainable development and peace. The centre is currently based in the Philippines.

CAPWIP advocates transformative politics; this is the use of power to create change towards economic, social and political equity between the sexes, and between other groups that must be considered in the context of shaping a society that is just, humane and promotes a sustainable way of life.

CAPWIP operates through a network of national affiliates clustered into five sub-regional groupings: Central Asia, East Asia, Pacific, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Our sub-regional focal points and national affiliates are autonomous organizations actively involved in women's political empowerment in their respective countries.
CAPWIP's goals are:

• To create a critical mass of competent, committed and effective women politicians in elective and appointed positions in government,

• To develop a responsible female citizenry,

• To influence female politicians and electorate to work together to transform politics and governance for the common good.

 For more information please visit: http://www.capwip.org/

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