Gender Development Association

Our Vision

GDA wants to contribute to a society where women are empowered and can live in society without violence and discrimination. Therefore, GDA wants to achieve that women can work along with men to reduce poverty and benefit from opportunities for development.

Our Mission

To achieve our vision GDA will work for more joint action, information, knowledge and expertise on gender mainstreaming and gender based discrimination.

Target groups

The main target groups of GDA are INGOs and NGOs staff. Each partner selects one of its Lao staffs to participate in GDA meetings and activities. Participation is not limited to women. GDA encourages both women and men to participate and exchange lessons.

We want a society where women are empowered and can live without violence

To achieve our vision GDA will work for more joint action, information, knowledge and expertise on gender mainstreaming and gender based discrimination.

Resources

GDA houses a small library providing the latest information on Violence Against Women (VAW) and results of gender mainstreaming implemented by GDA members organization. A variety of books and other media are being collected from abroad and inside Lao PDR. This library is for the use of people who are interesting in gender issues and other information related to development in the Lao region and internationally.

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Currently our Major Partner is Oxfam-Novib.
Oxfam-Novib - Major partner of GDA
Other partners include the French Embassy, IWRAW, AIPP and the Asia Foundation.
To view the complete list of our partners please browse to the Partners Page