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The National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV) mourns the deaths of the eight victims, including six Asian American women, in shootings at Atlanta-area businesses on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. We send our deepest condolences to their families and loved ones forever impacted by this senseless violence. At the root of…

March 22, 2021

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January 21, 2021

On March 15th, the Philippine administration began a 30-day “community quarantine” of Metro Manila and suspended all domestic air, land, and sea access to the National Capital Region (NCR).   Police and military checkpoints were set up to block entry points to the NCR.  The lockdown was then extended to the whole island of Luzon impacting…

March 31, 2020

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February 6, 2020

Work with the College of Marshall Islands (CMI) In June 2019, National Asians and Pacific Islander Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV) visited the island of Majuro, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), which is located north of the equator, between Hawaii and Australia. NAPIESV hosted a three-day conversation on addressing sexual violence…

July 22, 2019

PEKKA Yayasan + Torajamelo + NAPIESV Spaces at Island of Lembata:  PEKKA’s space at Kerubaki; Island of Adonara: PEKKA’s space at Lodan Doe; and Island of Flores:  Larantuka In partnership with PEKKA Yayasan and Torajamelo, NAPIESV began our work on the island of Lembata on May 13th, 2019. PEKKA Yayasan (https://pekka.or.id/blog/2019/01/20/forum-alumni-akademi-paradigta-2018/) East Flores chapter is…

July 19, 2019

NAPIESV staff began the Bersama-sama Project in the Philippines last March 2019 to meet potential partners.  We met with staff from Buklod Center in Olongapo City; Lilak in Quezon City; Pro. Jing Abdul Kareem of Mindanao State University in Zamboanga City; and Zaynab Ampatuan of MoroPCore in Davao City. [gallery ids="612,611,610,609,613"]

July 19, 2019

The NoVo Foundation, dedicated to catalyzing a transformation in global society focused on equality and partnership, will support the Bersama-sama Project of NAPIESV (National API Ending Sexual Violence), a program under Monsoon, focusing on transnational work in Asia and the Pacific Islands. The overall objective of the project is to connect the movement against sexual…

July 19, 2019

Training and Peer-to-Peer Consultations NAPIESV provide training and technical assistance on culturally relevant services for API in mainland United States, U.S. Territories in the Pacific and Alaska to current and potential OVW grantees. NAPIESV’s project will include providing 40-hour sexual assault training to staff and volunteers. The training will include Sexual Assault 101 (including Sexual…

June 9, 2019

  NAPIESV hosted a roundtable discussion on justice in 2017 and we finally have the report out. Check it out by visiting our Resources page!

September 1, 2018