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| Asian Center for Women's Studies (ACWS) intends to cultivate young regional feminist scholars through various training programs. |
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 Research Tour Program for Young Women's Studies Scholars |
| This project was organized to train junior Women's Studies practitioners interested in women's situation in Asian countries from July 1999-March 2000. The aim was to give an opportunity to junior researchers to participate in one of the country-level workshops on "Building Women's Studies Curriculum" and to conduct short-term field research. |
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| International Workshop: "Young Feminist Scholars in Asia 2000" |
| ACWS held a "Young Feminist Scholars in 2000" workshop (17th October, 2000) to give an opportunity to young feminist scholars from different part of Asia to exchange ideas regarding their research interests and experiences. This workshop has also enabled the participants to build an intra-regional network and community. |
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| International Workshop: "Understanding Sexualities in Asia" |
| This international workshop, entitled "Understanding Sexualities in Asia," was hosted by ACWS for young women scholars (25th February-1st March, 2002), sponsored by Japan Foundation Asia. Through this workshop, young feminist scholars had an opportunity to present their research findings about sexuality and were also helped to bridge the gap between junior and senior Women's Studies scholars in the region. The presentations were entitled as follows: |
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| "Sexual Violence as a Regional Governance Issue," CHA Insoon (Korea) |
| "Beyond Victimized or Valorised Prostitution," CHEN Mei Hua (Taiwan) |
| "Teenage Girls' Prostitution in Korea," CHO Chong Ah (Korea) |
| "Home, Body, Memory: Crossing the Sex and Gender Divide," DATUIN Flaudette May V. (Philippines) |
| "Filipino Women Migrant Workers in Asia," Odine DE GUZMAN (Philippines) |
| "Women's Bodies, Colonialism and Globalization," HAHN Sora (Korea) |
| "Whose Reproductive Rights are protected?," HAN Seunghee (Korea) |
| "Constructiong A History of Lesbian Activism in Japan," IINO Yuriko (Japan) |
| "The harmful effects of pornography on sexuality," NGUYEN Thi Nhu Trang (Vietnam) |
| "Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Vietnamese Circumstances," PHAM Quynh Huong |
| "I wasn't asked at all: Informed Consent between Theory and Practice in Repriductive Health Service in Indonesia," Ema RACHMAWATY (Indonesia) |
| "Interrogating the Rhetoric of Women's Empowerment: State, Development and Sexualtiy," Aarti SAIHJEE (India) |
| "The Struggle of Thai Prostitution against the Process of Dehumanization," Wanna THONGSIMA (Thailand) |
| "How I become interested in sexuality-related issues," WANG Xiangzian (China) |
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| ¡Ø For more information regarding this project, please visit the website (http://www.wsasia.net) |
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