Asian Women's Resource Exchange

The Asian Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC) is an Internetⁱ-based women's information service and network in Asia. It is an initiative geared towards developing cooperative approaches and partnerships in increasing access and exploring applications of new information and communication technologies for women's empowermentⁱ. AWORC aims to help expand existing regional networks in the women's movement, promote electronic resource sharing and build a regional information service that will support various women's advocacies specifically those that are very critical for the women in the region. Other aims include addressing gender ⁱdisparity on the Internet, promoting Net literacy and enhancing social activism among individual women and women's organizations.