NAPAWF

Biography

National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum is a community-based non-profit organization based in Chicago and founded in 1996. They have offices in Atlanta and Washington, DC, as well as 15 chapters across the country. It is an organization that focuses on empowering AAPI women and girls to participate in critical decisions that affect their lives, families, and communities. NAPAWF uses a reproductive justice framework to motivate and push AAPI women to be involved in driving systemic change and policy in the United States.

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The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is the only organization focused on building power with AAPI women and girls to influence critical decisions that affect our lives, our families and our communities. Using a reproductive justice framework, we elevate AAPI women and girls to impact policy and drive systemic change in the United States.

NAPAWF was founded in 1996 to realize the vision of 100 AAPI women who recognized the need for an organization that would amplify AAPI women’s stories and experiences. Being seen and heard in the public narrative gives us the power to shape the policy and cultural change needed to gain agency over our lives, families, and communities.

Today, we are mobilizing and building power across the United States to create social, political, and economic change for AAPI women and girls. We also show up in solidarity for other women of color who are experiencing injustice and harms of oppression and marginalization.

Latest videos Channel ↗

• 01 92 We are NAPAWF Jun 22, 2026
• 02 64 Loneliness, Masculinity, and Control: From the Manosphere to Reproductive Justice Jun 18, 2026
• 03 20 Beyond the Labels: Key Findings Apr 18, 2026
• 04 56 Bridging the Gap: Policy, Power, and Pay Equity for AANHPI Women Apr 14, 2026
• 05 81 Art and Power Intersect: Creative Media for Advocacy May 31, 2025