.: Programme Working Group Meeting of APWLD..

Asia Pacific Forum on Woman, Law and Development (APWLD) was developed from dialogues among Asia Pacific women lawyers, social scientists and activists, which began at the 1985 Third World Forum on Women, held in Nairobi, Kenya. The women participating in the dialogues recognized that while law is used as an instrument of state control over resources, rights and even women’s bodies, it can also be used to help effect political and socio-economic changes in our societies.

It’s “Programme Working Group Meeting” was conducted from 28th to 31st August 2009 at YMCA ChiangMai , Thailand and as a Member organization of APWLD, National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (NAFSO) also represented the Meeting to plan next year activities of the programme discussing and sharing all others experiences.

The admin secretary of NAFSO Mrs. Geetha Lakmini Fernando participated the meeting on behalf of NAFSO and shared Sri Lankan experience among the participants.

ABOUT NAFSO

NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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Programme Working Group Meeting of APWLD..