A4EA Action for Empowerment and Accountability
AHPSR Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research [Switzerland]
AME Association des Mères Éducatrices [Benin]
AMOSUP Association of Marine Officers and Seafarers’ Union of the Philippines
APEFF Association for the Promotion of Girls and Women [Burkina Faso]
ARM Anti-Racism Movement [Lebanon]
AUB American University of Beirut
BBOG Bring Back Our Girls [Nigeria]
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party [India]
CAPMAS Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics [Egypt]
CASA Centre Against Sexual Assault [Australia]
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [USA]
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CJCP Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention [South Africa]
CREID Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development [UK]
DBA dalit Bahujan Adivasi
ECP Election Commission of Pakistan
EU European Union
EVAW End Violence Against Women [UK]
GBV gender-based violence
GONGO government-organised non-governmental organisation
GSCASH Gender Sensitisation Committee against Sexual Harassment
HE higher education
ICC Internal Complaints Committee
ICS International Chamber of Shipping [The Philippines]
IDG International Day of the Girl
IDRC International Development Research Centre [Canada]
IFI Issam Fares Institute [Beirut]
ILO International Labour Organization [Switzerland]
IMAGES International Men and Gender Equality Survey
INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística [National Institute of Statistics, Spain]
INEI Instituto Nacional Estadística y Informácion [National Institute of Statistics and Information, Peru]
INGO international non-governmental organisation
ISF Internal Security Forces [Lebanon]
ITF International Transport Workers’ Federation [The Philippines]
JNU Jawaharlal Nehru University [India]
KIP Knowledge is Power
KP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
LBCI Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International
LGBT lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
LGBTQI+ lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex+
MAAP Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific [The Philippines]
MAPP Masters Programme in Social Policy
MCC Migrant Community Centre [Lebanon]
MDW migrant domestic worker
MIMP Ministerio de la Mujer y Poblaciones Vulnerables [Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations, Peru]
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology [USA]
MNA Member of the National Assembly [Pakistan]
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MPA Member of the Provincial Assembly [Pakistan]
MQM-P Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan
NA National Assembly [Pakistan]
NCW National Council of Women [UK]
NGO non-governmental organisation
NGOCC NGO Coordinating Committee
NUS National Union of Students [UK]
ODI Overseas Development Institute [UK]
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [France]
OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [Switzerland]
PML-N Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
PMMA Philippine Merchant Marine Academy
PODA Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy [Pakistan]
POEA Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration
PPP Pakistan Peoples Party
PSED Public Sector Equality Duty
PTI Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf
RPC Research Programme Consortium
SDG Sustainable Development Goal
SGBV sexual and gender-based violence
SMS short message service
SNAEF National Strategy for the Acceleration of Girls’ Education [Burkina Faso]
SOAC State of Australian Cities
SRC Social Research Center [Cairo]
TA teaching assistant
TARSC Training and Research Support Centre [Zimbabwe]
UGC University Grants Commission [India]
UNDP United Nations Development Programme [USA]
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund [USA]
UNGEI United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative [USA]
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [Switzerland]
UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Fund
UPCIDS University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WANEP West Africa Network for Peacebuilding [Ghana]
WARA West African Research Association [USA]
WEE Women Economic Empowerment [Lebanon]
WHO World Health Organization [Switzerland]
WiLDAF Women in Law and Development in Africa [Zimbabwe]
WPS Women Parliamentarians Survey [Pakistan]