Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW)

Founded in 1993, ARROW is a regional non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing the rights of women, girls, and young people in all their diversities across Asia and the Pacific. With consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) and an observer status with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), ARROW works to empower communities and advocate for gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights and justice in the region. ARROW is a commitment maker in the Generation Equality Forum, and a leader in the Action Coalition for bodily autonomy and SRHR.

Global Partners

  • Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
  • Danish Family Planning Association (DFPA)
  • Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)
  • International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
  • Musawah
  • Orchid Project
  • Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
  • Danish Family Planning Association (DFPA)
  • Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)
  • International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
  • Musawah
  • Orchid Project

Regional Partners

  • Asia Pacific Women’s Alliance for Peace and Security (APWAPS);
  • Asia-Pacific Transgender Network (APTN)
  • ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF)
  • Breakthrough India
  • Citizen News Service (CNS)
  • CREA
  • FORUM-ASIA
  • IPPF South Asia Region
  • TARSHI
  • Youth LEAD
  • YPEER
  • Strong Harmonized and Empowered Advocacy (SHE Acts Alliance)
  • Women Spaces Africa (WSA)
  • The Community Health Rights Network
  • Catolicas por el Derecho de Decidir (CDD)-Mexico
  • Mobilizing Activists for Medical Abortion (MAMA)

Country Partners

  • Association for Prevention of Septic Abortion, Bangladesh (BAPSA);
  • BLAST;
  • BRAC;
  • Centre for Communication and Development of Bangladesh;
  • Family Planning Association of
    Bangladesh;
  • International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD);
  • Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society (LEDARS);
  • Naripokkho;
  • Oboyob;
  • Participatory Research Action Network (PRAAN);
  • SERAC-Bangladesh;
  • Unite For Body Rights
    (UBR) Bangladesh Alliance;
  • Women with Disabilities Development Foundation (WDDF).
  • CommonHealth; Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre
    (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut; and
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)
  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia
  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)
  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)
  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)
  • MONFEMNET National Network
  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association
  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar
  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA
  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab
  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)
  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri
    Lanka (YANSL)
  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)
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ARROW Initiatives

Vietnam

  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)

Sri Lanka

  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri Lanka (YANSL)

Singapore

  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Philippines

  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Pakistan

  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab

Nepal

  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA

Myanmar

  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar

Maldives

  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Malaysia

  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)

Lao PDR

  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)

Indonesia

  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia

India

  • CommonHealth;
  • Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut;
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association
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Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW)

Founded in 1993, ARROW is a regional non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing the rights of women, girls, and young people in all their diversities across Asia and the Pacific. With consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) and an observer status with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), ARROW works to empower communities and advocate for gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights and justice in the region. ARROW is a commitment maker in the Generation Equality Forum, and a leader in the Action Coalition for bodily autonomy and SRHR.

Global Partners

  • Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
  • Danish Family Planning Association (DFPA)
  • Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)
  • International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
  • Musawah
  • Orchid Project
  • Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
  • Danish Family Planning Association (DFPA)
  • Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)
  • International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
  • Musawah
  • Orchid Project

Regional Partners

  • Asia Pacific Women’s Alliance for Peace and Security (APWAPS);
  • Asia-Pacific Transgender Network (APTN)
  • ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF)
  • Breakthrough India
  • Citizen News Service (CNS)
  • CREA
  • FORUM-ASIA
  • IPPF South Asia Region
  • TARSHI
  • Youth LEAD
  • YPEER
  • Strong Harmonized and Empowered Advocacy (SHE Acts Alliance)
  • Women Spaces Africa (WSA)
  • The Community Health Rights Network
  • Catolicas por el Derecho de Decidir (CDD)-Mexico
  • Mobilizing Activists for Medical Abortion (MAMA)

Country Partners

  • Association for Prevention of Septic Abortion, Bangladesh (BAPSA);
  • BLAST;
  • BRAC;
  • Centre for Communication and Development of Bangladesh;
  • Family Planning Association of
    Bangladesh;
  • International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD);
  • Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society (LEDARS);
  • Naripokkho;
  • Oboyob;
  • Participatory Research Action Network (PRAAN);
  • SERAC-Bangladesh;
  • Unite For Body Rights
    (UBR) Bangladesh Alliance;
  • Women with Disabilities Development Foundation (WDDF).
  • CommonHealth; Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre
    (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut; and
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)
  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia
  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)
  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)
  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)
  • MONFEMNET National Network
  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association
  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar
  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA
  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab
  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)
  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri
    Lanka (YANSL)
  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)
The image is a screenshot taken from the newsletter of the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW).

ARROW Newsletter

Sign up today!
Contact Us

ARROW Initiatives

Maldives

  • Hope for Women
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network