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# ICRW Asia
# ""Our History
In 1998, the International Center for Research on Women established an office in New Delhi, India, to oversee a pioneering five-year study. This study was among the first to examine the extent of domestic violence in India and played a critical role in bringing about policy changes to protect women. Subsequently, ICRW was registered in India as an independent organization on 3rd June 2002. Since then, ICRW in India has used the same brand identity as agreed under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICRW US. This enabled ICRW to broaden its efforts to promote gender-equitable development and respond to the pressing challenges faced by women, girls, and structurally excluded populations in their communities.
# ""Our Work
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The International Center for Research on Women’s Asia office programs are aimed at empowering adolescents in schools and communities and encompass several key initiatives, including the  (GEMS), GEMS for Boys, UMANG, , and . In addition to these programs, ICRW Asia also operates the , which provides training on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and climate change to young people working with grassroots organizations.
Alongside its programs, ICRW Asia engages in critical research projects. The  study seeks to understand the impact of COVID-19 on informal women workers, while the Women in Leadership study aims to identify enablers and barriers to women’s career growth in the health sector. Additionally, ICRW Asia conducts strategic research and programming on men and masculinities in the region, shaping the discourse and building evidence on these crucial issues.
## Our Team
Our Asia Office and project office in Jamtara, Jharkhand, serve the Asia region, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
We collaborate closely with local, regional, and international partners to undertake field research and program work. We communicate our findings and experience to policymakers through advocacy efforts grounded in sound evidence and data.
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## We are Trusted and Transparent
# ""Contact Us
**ICRW Asia Office**
Module No 410, Fourth Floor
NSIC Business Park Building
Okhla Industrial Estate
New Delhi – 110020, India
**tel**: +91.11.46643333 
**ICRW Jamtara Field Office**
Ground floor, 726- A/1 P2, Krishna  Nagar, Mihijam, Jamtara, Jharkhand, India
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# ICRW U.S.
Our U.S. team, based in Washington, D.C., leads and supports a global portfolio of research, advocacy, and advisory work. We collaboratively generate, synthesize, interpret, and share knowledge that directly advances gender equity, and engage in continual learning, skill-sharing, and skill transfer with our peers and partners around the world.
We lead research and advocacy work related to gender norms, women’s economic empowerment, and sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States, including  and access to abortion. With projects like the  project, we collaborate across offices and with partners on the ground to collect, interpret, and amplify global insights and learning and to drive innovation around gender equality. The D.C. office has a robust advocacy arm, leading coalitions and initiatives such as , , , and . We conduct rigorous evaluations to gather evidence on best practices for gender equality and drive program design, like  and . Our Advisory practice offers strategic consulting to deliver organizational gender equity and inclusion solutions to corporate and philanthropic clients.
Based in Washington, DC, the ICRW-US team conducts work inside the United States as well as globally. We build collaborative relationships across ICRW offices and with partners, provide global evidence synthesis, and engage in strategic skill-sharing and advisory services.
With its inception in 1976, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) was established in response to the unequal distribution of international development interventions. From our Washington, D.C. office, we aimed to shed light on the invisible roles, needs, and contributions of women, challenging the misconception that households were solely led by men. Through groundbreaking research, such as highlighting the effectiveness of microfinance programs for empowering women, and pioneering advocacy efforts on issues like HIV/AIDS, ICRW’s Washington, D.C. office has played a crucial role in shaping policies and programs that promote gender equality and reduce global poverty, all while striving to improve the lives of women, girls, and structurally excluded populations.
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## We are trusted and transparent
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Washington DC 20004
tel: +1202.797.0007
# ICRW Africa – Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Programme
The African Union has set its continental SRHR priorities in the Revised Maputo Plan of Action 2016–2030 which operationalizes the Continental Policy Framework on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights1, the Agenda 2063 ‘The Africa We Want’2 and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The commendable intentions of the Plan of Action notwithstanding, African countries continue to bear a disproportionately high share of the global burden of adverse SRH outcomes, and of SRH disorders associated with gender inequality.
It is currently estimated that: 8.3 million women in Africa have unsafe abortions each year 210,000 women die from pregnancy-related conditions. About 42 million of the region’s women do not receive the treatment they need for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and trichomoniasis3.
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