About Us

The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence is a culturally specific national resource center on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, and other forms of gender-based violence in Asian/Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) & Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) communities.  We envision a world free of gender-based violence for communities with equal opportunities for all to thrive.

Our mission is to disrupt gender-based violence, which causes physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual and economic harm within AANHPI and MENA communities throughout the U.S. and its territories.

We work together with and within our community to:

• Uplift the voices and experiences of the AANHPI and MENA communities who are impacted by violence;
• Build capacity through training and technical support for those organizations who serve our communities;
• Engage allied communities and systems to create shifts in gendered cultural norms and address injustices;
• Educate our communities to mobilize them to prevent gender-based violence; and
• Advocate for policies and practices that ensure access to essential rights and services.