Gender Inequality

In March 2019, International Rivers and partners convened the inaugural global Women and Rivers Congress in Nepal. This brought together close to 100 women from more than 30 countries to celebrate…

Oxfam and Unilever, with its Surf laundry brand, have a partnership supporting the Women’s Empowerment and Care initiative (WE-Care) to challenge notions about unpaid care work, making it clear that…

In the Mekong, the role of women in decision making in water resource management is still very limited even though they are responsible for water fetching, food production and family subsistence.

Oanh wanted to make this film because she wants to speak out about the vicious cycle of economic inequality and poverty in Vietnam.

Download our Paper that sets out how Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) can achieve an economy that leaves no one behind, in line with the 2030 SDGs. 

Achieving living wages and recognizing, redistributing and reducing unpaid care work could support both economic and gender equality in Asia and should be prioritized by both governments and…

It's time to Even It Up. Despite Asia's economic success, why are the poor only getting poorer in the region? Join our fight to end Inequality here in Asia.