Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)

On 27 March, APRRN's Co-Secretary General, Klaus Dik Nielsen participated in the opening of the Asia Pacific Launch of the GCENR Legal Atlas on Gender Discriminatory Nationality Laws, which was co-hosted by Subin Mulmi, Executive Director of Nationality for All, and new Deputy Chair of APRRN’s South Asia Working Group and also on our International Board.
This innovative online tool maps and analyses gender-discriminatory nationality laws globally and highlights their impacts on women, children, and families. While significant progress has been made worldwide, some countries in Asia and the Pacific continue to maintain gender-discriminatory nationality provisions. Several UN agencies, regional academics and APRRN member and former APRRN SG, Chris Eades from Church World Service (CWS) took part.

https://legal-atlas.equalnationalityrights.org/

On 26 March, our Co-Secretary General, Klaus Dik Nielsen took part in the 55th Anniversary of the Independence and National Day of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in Bangkok. Invited by one of APRRN’s many external partners and allies, the Ambassador to Thailand, Faiyaz Murshid Kazi, Klaus and Midnight Poonkasetwattana, Executive Director of APCOM, and a new APRRN member, had exchanges with other diplomatic missions, representatives from UN agencies and Thai parliamentarians and policy-makers, including on Thailand’s recent positive steps to provide work rights for thousands of refugees and the possibility of adapting the model in other countries in our region.

Monthly Newsletter (February 2026)

Our News Briefs bring you the latest highlights from the advocacy efforts of APRRN and our members, as well as keeping you informed on upcoming events and activities. We strive to provide regular updates on the network’s activities and developments in the refugee protection sphere, alongside the emerging political climate in the Asia Pacific region.

Read Here: https://www.aprrn.org/newsletter-detail/69