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FPAR Basics: What is Feminist Participatory Action Research?
Digital downloadA basic introduction handout to Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) - a methodology that empowers grassroots women and communities to research their lived experiences and take collective action for social change.
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Handout: Power Mapping Exercise
Digital downloadThis comprehensive facilitator's guide (including step-by-step facilitation instructions and an inspiring real-world case study), helps organisers identify key stakeholders and build collective power for transformative campaigns.
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Handbook: Practising Intersectionality
Digital downloadA practical guide for applying intersectionality theory in feminist research and activism, with nine core feminist principles for "doing" intersectionality covering reflexivity, power analysis, accessibility, and collective organising against oppress
Resources
Publications
Books/ Book Chapters
- Chakma, T., Godden, N. J., Naidu, K., Sinumlag, A., & Paw, N. H. L. (2023). Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) for Transnational Feminism in Asia. In M. Call-Cummings, M. Hauber-Özer, & G. P. Dazzo, The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Participatory Inquiry in Transnational Research Contexts (1st ed., pp. 9–27). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003207672-3
- Godden, N. J., Chakma, T., & Naidu, K. (2023). Feminist Participatory Action Research: A methodology for ecosocial justice. In R. Forbes & K. Smith (Eds.), Ecosocial work practice (pp. 123–134). NASW Press. https://naswpress.org/product/53675/ecosocial-work
Journal Articles
- Godden, N. J., Chakma, T., & Jenkins, A. (2023). Ecofeminist Participatory Action Research for Planetary Health. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health (pp. 1–24). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96778-9_47-1
- Godden, N., MacNish, P., Chakma, T. & Naidu, K. (2020). Feminist Participatory Action Research as a tool for Climate Justice. Gender & Development, 28(3). https://doi.org/1080/13552074.2020.1842040
- Chakma, T. (2016), Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR): An effective framework for empowering grassroots women & strengthening feminist movements in Asia Pacific. Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, 22 (2).
Reports/ Policy Papers
- Kiribati Climate Action Network, Godden, N.J., Naidu, K., Chakma, T., Leviston, Z., Nailevu, M., Alofa, P., Merryweather, J., Karoro, R., Hu, J., Scott, P., Wrigley, K. (2024). Pacific Girls in a Changing Climate. Plan International Australia and Edith Cowan University Centre for People, Place and Planet.
- Chakma, T. and Sinumlag, A. (2022). A position paper on Indigenous women’s role in water governance in Asia. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP).
- Chakma, T., Rigg S., and Ramsay A. (2022). Women confronting loss and damage in Africa: Feminist climate justice research from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Zambia. ActionAid International.
- Chakma, T., Napier-Moore, R., Pedersen, H. and Wardarina, (2016). Changing Development from the Inside-Out: Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) for Development Justice in Asia and the Pacific. Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD). ISBN: 978-616-7898-33-9.
- Chakma, T., Familara, A., Lappin, K., Napier-Moore, R. and Wardarina, (2014). Our Rights! Our Voices! Our Resources! Regional Feminist Participatory Action Research Report APWLD Breaking Out of Marginalisation Programme 2012-2014. Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD). ISBN: 978-616-92225-0-7.
Training Manuals/ Toolkits
- Chakma, T., Godden, N. & Naidu, K. (2023). Toolkit of Methods for Feminist Participatory Action Research. Oxfam International.
- Yahaya, D. and Chakma, T. (2022). Gender Equality and Macroeconomics (GEM) Training Manual. International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific).
- Chakma, T. and Sinumlag, A. (2022). An Intersectionality Guidebook for Social Movements Organisations in Asia and the Pacific – Co-developed with Forging Intersectional Feminist Futures (FIFF) Consortium. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP).
Podcasts
- Participatory Action Research Feminist Trailblazers and Good Troublemakers (2023). Podcast: Season 2, Episode 1 Dr. Naomi Joy Godden, Trimita Chakma, & Kavita Naidu - EcoFeminist Participatory Action Research & Planetary Health.
- Public Services International (PSI) (2022). Podcast: How Maori women are fighting discrimination.
- The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) (2018). Podcast: What Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) Means for APWLD and Partners.
Webinar: So you think you can do PAR for your PhD?
15 June 2026: A peer panel of Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) enthusiasts at different stages of their PhDs and research lives discussing tensions, dilemmas, and creative compromises of doing (F)PAR inside institutions that weren't necessarily built for it.
