APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
BAAC |
Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (Thailand) |
BDPA |
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action |
BRAC |
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women |
CGDS |
Centre for Governance and Development Studies (China) |
DoF |
Department of Forestry (Lao Peoples Democratic Republic) |
ESCAP |
See: UNESCAP |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
GAD |
Gender and development |
GAP |
Gender Analysis Pathway |
GDI |
Gender-related Development Index |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GE |
Genetic engineering |
GEM |
Gender Empowerment Measure |
GMO |
Genetically modified organisms |
GO |
Governmental Organisation |
GoB |
Government of Bangladesh |
GOI |
Government of Indonesia |
HDI |
Human Development Index |
HIV/AIDS |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
ILO |
International Labour Organization |
Lao-NCAW |
Lao National Commission for the Advancement of Women |
LWU |
Lao Womens Union |
MAF |
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Lao Peoples Democratic Republic) |
MDG |
Millennium Development Goal |
MF |
Ministry of Forestry (Indonesia) |
MOA |
Ministry of Agriculture (Indonesia) |
MOAC |
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand) |
MOE |
Ministry of Education (Thailand) |
MoFAL |
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Pakistan) |
MOI |
Ministry of Interior (Thailand) |
MOSLW |
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (Thailand) |
MRRF/MRC |
Management of River and Reservoir Fisheries in the Mekong
Basin |
NAFRI |
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute |
NCRFW |
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women |
NGAP |
National Gender Action Plan (Lao Peoples Democratic Republic) |
NGO |
Non-governmental Organisation |
NPA |
Beijing National Plan of Action |
NPRS |
National Poverty Reduction Strategy (Cambodia) |
NSC |
National Statistics Centre (Lao Peoples Democratic Republic) |
NTFP |
Non-timber forest products |
P4K |
Income Generating Project for Marginal Farmers and
Landless |
PNCSW |
Pakistan National Commission on the Status of Women |
POP |
Policy Outlook for Plan of Action |
PTDD |
Participatory Technology Development and Dissemination |
SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
SAGA |
Social analysis and gender analysis |
SEARSOLIN |
Southeast Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute (Philippines) |
SMART |
Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound |
SME |
Small and Medium Enterprise |
SPFS |
Special Programme for Food Security |
TNC |
Trans-national corporations |
UNDAW |
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Project |
UNESCAP |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
UNICEF |
United Nations Childrens Fund |
VAW |
Violence against Women |
VDC |
Village development committees (Cambodia) |
WFS PoA |
World Food Summit Plan of Action |