Our Values

Terminology

There is no agreed consensus on the appropriate terminology to use, and we respect that people have different preferences when it comes to racial terminology. AMBER use the term ‘Asian woman’ referring to women who’s descent/ origins from any area in Asia. AMBER also recognises that the topics discussed at www.ambercommunity.net are experienced differently across different Asian communities. There may be times when content is more representative of a certain Asian community.

Definition of Asia we use

The National Geographic defines Asia as a home to the citizens of Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen.

 Our Allies

We acknowledge that although this is a community for Asian women to come together- we want to invite our allies that are men and non-Asian women to join in the conversations and develop an understanding for our challenges and work with us to to break down barriers and make progress.

Intersectionality

Although AMBER uses the term 'Asian women’, we recognise the intersectional factors at play across all the content we cover.

Intersectionality means that different types of unfair treatment are connected. It’s about how social categories like race, class, and gender overlap and create combined systems of discrimination. AMBER recognises that taking intersectionality into consideration is vital for understanding systems of power. For example, a Sikh woman might face both sexism and racism, but her experiences will be different from those of a Chinese woman or a Sikh man.

It is important that we all strive to use an intersectional perspective. This approach helps us connect with kindness and compassion, allowing us to come together to address inequalities and injustices.