Deadline: 30th January 2026
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) invites grassroots women’s rights organisations and movements to apply for the Climate Justice Feminist Participatory Action Research (CJ FPAR) on challenging expansion of Imperialism and Extractivism of Ocean Resources, 2026-2027.
Through this FPAR, APWLD will increase the capacity of feminists and grassroots women in Asia and the Pacific to document their lived realities and expose the impacts of expansion of imperialism and extractivism of ocean resources on women’s human rights to further influence climate policies and discussions from local to global level.
It also aims to strengthen feminist and community-led monitoring of blue economy policies, shape governance instruments, and facilitate people’s mobilisation for climate and economic justice grounded in the realities, wisdom, and leadership of grassroots women.
Focus areas of the research
For the Climate Justice FPAR 2026-2027, six organisations in Asia and the Pacific will work together with the community to conduct FPAR and document evidence approximately from April 2026 – August 2027 to focus their FPAR on the impact of expansion of Imperialism and Extractivism of Ocean Resources on women’s human rights and climate policies at the local or country level, specifically in these following streams:
- Fisheries and coastal communities – include the impacts of climate development projects in the marine and coastal areas on livelihood, food security, loss of marine biodiversity
- Climate Projects in Coastal and Marine areas – includes the impacts of reclamation projects, giant sea walls building projects, renewable projects, marine protected areas, industrial aquaculture
- Deep-sea and sand mining – includes extraction of critical minerals resources in the name of energy transition
- Conservation projects – includes Blue carbon projects and carbon trading schemes- displacing the coastal communities and impacting their food sovereignty and livelihoods. Besides it also includes marine conservation (which keeps mangrove areas and marine and coastal as conservation areas and traditional fisherfolk’s and sea indigenous peoples are excluded and their rights to go to sea are violated)
- Marine Geo-engineering – scientifically unproven and highly risky technologies, including carbon dioxide removal technologies, and carbon capture and storage which are dangerous distractions from urgently needed emissions reductions and gender just climate solutions leading to sea grabbing and harming marine ecosystems and livelihoods of coastal communities
Selection Criteria
- Applicants must be non-governmental, non-profit, feminists and women’s human rights and/or women-led organisations in Asia and the Pacific that demonstrate the following:
- Experience in working with grassroots women and their communities;
- Familiarity with the context and reality of climate crises including the impact of expansion of Imperialism and Extractivism of Ocean Resources faced by women at local and national levels;
- Provide a dedicated mentor and young woman researcher throughout the entire FPAR period;
- Capacity to conduct participatory research methodologies that contribute to strengthen democratic leadership of feminists and grassroots women in Asia and the Pacific;
- Ability to produce and submit reports and various FPAR related documents in English.
Highly desirable partner organisations:
- Organisations from East Asia and the Pacific sub-regions;
- Recommended through a letter of endorsement from APWLD members where possible;
- Direct experience in conducting participatory research methods;
- Direct experience in advocacy and campaign work related to climate crisis and women’s human rights, particularly in challenging false solutions;
Submit your application:
Please send completed application form to Ranjana Giri, Climate Justice Programme Officer at [email protected]
(Please use the subject line: Application form_CJ FPAR_2026-2027_(name of your organisation) )
For more information and application.