About

Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) is a broad network of 33 (as of January, 2022) National Committees (hereafter called NCs) consisted of parliamentarians in the Asia-Pacific and Central-Asia regions. AFPPD serves as a forum to recommend and coordinate policies with the goal of creating a better future for all human beings in the regions, especially vulnerable people including women, children and youth, and the ageing population. AFPPD' organizes parliamentarians' meetings and seminars for over 10 times a year based on the adopted activity plan at the General Assembly, funded by multi-stakeholders including United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

The cornerstone of AFPPD's policy advocacy is the international instruments including the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Violence against Women (CEDAW) of 1979, the International Conference on Population and Development and its Programme of Action (ICPD PA) adopted in 1994, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of 2000-2015, which transitioned to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 2016-2030. AFPPD aims to serve as a uniting hub to ensure the con-crete, context-specific national targets in the Asia-Pacific Region.

In 2010, AFPPD was awarded the United Nations Population Award, in recognition for its continuing activities.