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Abbreviations and acronyms

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 People’s 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 Women’s Union

MAF

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Lao People’s 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
(Lao People’s Democratic Republic)

NAFRI

National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute
(Lao People’s Democratic Republic)

NCRFW

National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women

NGAP

National Gender Action Plan (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)

NGO

Non-governmental Organisation

NPA

Beijing National Plan of Action

NPRS

National Poverty Reduction Strategy (Cambodia)

NSC

National Statistics Centre (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)

NTFP

Non-timber forest products

P4K

Income Generating Project for Marginal Farmers and Landless
(Pembinaan Peningkatan Pendapatan Petani-nelayan Kecil, in Indonesia)

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 Children’s Fund

VAW

Violence against Women

VDC

Village development committees (Cambodia)

WFS PoA

World Food Summit Plan of Action


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