ACFODE Action for Development [Uganda]
ADSOCK Advocates for Social Change Kenya
AIW Arab Institute for Women [Lebanon]
ALiGN Advancing Learning and Innovation on Gender Norms [UK]
BIGD BRAC Institute of Governance and Development [Bangladesh]
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party [India]
BMP Bangladesh Mahila Parishad
CAA Citizenship Amendment Act [India]
CANRAD Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy [South Africa]
CBO community-based organisation
CBR Center for Basic Research [Uganda]
CEHURD Center for Health, Human Rights and Development [Uganda]
CGSRHR Centre of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights [Bangladesh]
CHSJ Centre for Health and Social Justice [India]
CIDV Citizens’ Initiative against Domestic Violence [Bangladesh]
CIPK Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya
COPASAH Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health [India]
CSE comprehensive sexuality education
CSO civil society organisation
CSW Commission on the Status of Women [USA]
DFID Department for International Development [UK]
DVA Domestic Violence Act [Uganda]
DVPPA Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act [Bangladesh]
DWA Department of Women Affairs [Bangladesh]
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development [UK]
ESID Effective States and Inclusive Development [UK]
FBO faith-based organisation
FCRA Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act [India]
FGM female genital mutilation
GEM Grupo de Estudos sobre Saúde [Studies and Research on Women, Gender, Health and Nursing, Brazil]
GoI Government of India
ICPD International Conference on Population and Development
IDRC International Development Research Centre [Canada]
IDS Institute of Development Studies [UK]
IFPE Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco [Pernambuco Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, Brazil]
JPGSPH James P Grant School of Public Health [Bangladesh]
KR Kolkata Rista [India]
LAU Lebanese American University
LGBTQI+ lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex+
LSE London School of Economics and Political Science [UK]
MASVAW Men’s Action for Stopping Violence Against Women [India]
MOWCA Ministry of Women and Children Affairs [Bangladesh]
MP Member of Parliament
MPF Ministerio Publico Federal [Federal Public Ministry, Brazil]
MSM men who have sex with men
NALSA National Legal Services Authority v Union of India
NEIM Núcleo de Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre a Mulher [Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Women, Brazil]
NEPEM Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa sobre a Mulher [Center for Studies and Research on Women, Brazil]
NGEC National Gender and Equality Commission [Kenya]
NGLHRC National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission [Kenya]
NGO non-governmental organisation
NIA National Investigation Agency [India]
NRM National Resistance Movement [Uganda]
OBC Other Backward Class
OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [Switzerland]
PPGNEIM-UFBA Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre Mulheres, Gênero e Feminismo da Universidade Federal da Bahia [Postgraduate Program in Interdisciplinary Studies on Women, Gender and Feminism at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil]
PSOL Partido Socialismo e Liberdade [Socialism and Freedom Party, Brazil]
PUCL People’s Union for Civil Liberties [India]
QUT Queensland University of Technology [Australia]
RJ Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
SAIH Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund
SCoK Supreme Court of Kenya
SDG Sustainable Development Goal
SDGA State Department for Gender Affairs [Kenya]
SDP skills development programme
Sida Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
SIFF Save Indian Family Foundation
SOB Sexual Offences Bill [Uganda]
SOGI sexual orientation and gender identity
UCC Uniform Civil Code [India]
UCW Uganda Council of Women
UECE Universidade Estadual do Ceará [State University of Ceará, Brazil]
UFBA Universidade Federal da Bahia [Federal University of Bahia, Brazil]
UFMG Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais [Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil]
UFPE Universidade Federal de Pernambuco [Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil]
UNEB Universidade do Estado da Bahia [State University of Bahia, Brazil]
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund [USA]
UNICAMP Universidade Estadual de Campinas [Campinas State University, Brazil]
UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development [Switzerland]
UP Uttar Pradesh
UWOPA Uganda Women Parliamentary Association
WHO World Health Organization [Switzerland]
WRO women’s rights organisation