Contributor:Youth Voices Count Youth Voices Count is a regional network of young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex individuals in Asia-Pacific working on SRHR,…
Contributor:Sita Shahi,Regional Coordinator, ICWAP International Community of Women Living with HIV Asia Pacific (ICWAP) is the regional comprised entirely of grassroots networks of women living with…
Six countries in South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) have established a national human rights institution (NHRI), all of which include…
On May 17th 2016, 18 participants took part in this year’s Miss Pink trans beauty pageant, a traditional pageant for the Nepali transgender community held…
The first ever national level meeting on issues and challenges facing intersex people in Nepal was held this week in Kathmandu, providing an important opportunity…
In September 2014, APCOM conducted the region’s pioneer dialogue exploring the roll out of PrEP in Asia and the Pacific called PrEParing Asia. PrEP stands for…
This year Nepal has taken several historic steps in recognizing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. In September the country adopted a constitution…
The sustainability of many community organisations in the region has been questionable. With the prevailing social stigma and oppresive law, access to funding is difficult for the…
Founded in 2001, Blue Diamond Society (BDS) is committed to creating a Nepali society in which sexual and gender minorities can live with equal rights, freedom…
This review analyses the inclusion of young key populations in the NSPs for HIV and AIDS of 19 countries in the Asia-Pacific region namely Afghanistan,…