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APWLD is a regional NGO based in Thailand that is committed to enabling women to use law as an instrument of social change for equality, justice and development. The organization also has consultative status with ECOSOC. Drawing on basic human rights principles enshrined in the various relevant international and regional human rights instruments, APWLD seeks to promote its programme's objectives. Current programmes of the organization include: rural and indigenous women; women and the environment; violence against women; women's participation in political processes; labour and migration; the women's human rights working group; feminist theory and practical training.