ARROW Annual Report 2022

Reflections from the Executive Director

"As we look forward to 2023, 2022 was a year of connections, celebrations, and collaborations!"

Generating Evidence, Creating Change

By ensuring strengthened and collaborative organising of Global South groups, ARROW’s Domain 1 aims to articulate demands that ensure that the developmental agendas of governments, inter-governmental organisations and donors are in tandem with needs, realities and experiences of the Global South with regards to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Opening Minds, Shaping Views and Advocating for Change, One Year at a Time

"Data will also be one of the key factors in designing advocacy and awareness programmes and policies. This is a priority, and we have plans to conduct some assessments in the coming years."

The ARROW Asia Network to End FGM/C team with partners and religious scholars in Jakarta, Indonesia.

By combining our strengths of communications and advocacy work, we build perspectives and develop knowledge products from a rights-based, gender-just, intersectional, Global South perspective on emerging issues to capacitate partner organisations to renew and refine advocacy strategies, as well as create strategic, inclusive and meaningful lobby and advocacy actions around SRHR.

Strengthening Community Participation, Empowering People

ARROW’s Domain 3 focuses on mobilising communities to reinforce positive norms and values around women and young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and recognise SRHR as a basic human right.

Participants at the Asia Youth Festival on Innovation and SRHR take part in the workshop sessions

Through our efforts to ensure that young people are leading change from the forefront within their communities, ARROW’s Right Here Right Now 2 (RHRN2) Changemakers Programme has been one of the key highlight initiatives over the past few years, through which ARROW has made consistent efforts around the capacity strengthening of young people to become effective advocates for SRHR social change

Forging New Alliances

ARROW’s Domain 4 work focuses on building feminist movements, SRHR alliances and other social movements to uphold women, young and gender non-binary people’s sexual and reproductive rights through building and strengthening perspectives among CSOs, activists and advocates around the issues of gender, feminism and SRR, and its intersections with other issues that impact universal access to SRR.

At COP27, ARROW’s Programme Director, Biplabi (second from left), was part of the panel on ensuring accountability for gender-transformative climate action, organised by ARROW, IPPF, DFPA, and the SRHR Climate Justice Coalition.

Through our efforts to ensure that young people are leading change from the forefront within their communities, ARROW’s Right Here Right Now 2 (RHRN2) Changemakers Programme has been one of the key highlight initiatives over the past few years, through which ARROW has made consistent efforts around the capacity strengthening of young people to become effective advocates for SRHR social change

Governance and Financial Management

In 2022, the HR, operations, and finance team continued to focus on the non-programmatic aspects of ARROW and enhance our organisational development through the reviewing of practices on programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, accountable and transparent decision-making, and governance mechanisms.

ARROW Publications Launched in 2022

About

ARROW is a regional non-profit women’s organisation based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).

In 2022, our work was guided by our strategic plan for 2022-2026

How We Work

We believe that together, we must take concerted, collective, and progressive step to achieve our vision

Who We Work With and What We Work On

Ultimately, we want to see significant and sustained improvements in SRHR of women, non-binary people, and young people across Asia and the Pacific, and globally

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
ARROW Annual Report 2022

ARROW Annual Report 2022

Reflections from the Executive Director

"As we look forward to 2023, 2022 was a year of connections, celebrations, and collaborations!"

Generating Evidence, Creating Change

By ensuring strengthened and collaborative organising of Global South groups, ARROW’s Domain 1 aims to articulate demands that ensure that the developmental agendas of governments, inter-governmental organisations and donors are in tandem with needs, realities and experiences of the Global South with regards to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Opening Minds, Shaping Views and Advocating for Change, One Year at a Time

"Data will also be one of the key factors in designing advocacy and awareness programmes and policies. This is a priority, and we have plans to conduct some assessments in the coming years."

The ARROW Asia Network to End FGM/C team with partners and religious scholars in Jakarta, Indonesia.

By combining our strengths of communications and advocacy work, we build perspectives and develop knowledge products from a rights-based, gender-just, intersectional, Global South perspective on emerging issues to capacitate partner organisations to renew and refine advocacy strategies, as well as create strategic, inclusive and meaningful lobby and advocacy actions around SRHR.

Strengthening Community Participation, Empowering People

ARROW’s Domain 3 focuses on mobilising communities to reinforce positive norms and values around women and young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and recognise SRHR as a basic human right.

Participants at the Asia Youth Festival on Innovation and SRHR take part in the workshop sessions

Through our efforts to ensure that young people are leading change from the forefront within their communities, ARROW’s Right Here Right Now 2 (RHRN2) Changemakers Programme has been one of the key highlight initiatives over the past few years, through which ARROW has made consistent efforts around the capacity strengthening of young people to become effective advocates for SRHR social change

Forging New Alliances

ARROW’s Domain 4 work focuses on building feminist movements, SRHR alliances and other social movements to uphold women, young and gender non-binary people’s sexual and reproductive rights through building and strengthening perspectives among CSOs, activists and advocates around the issues of gender, feminism and SRR, and its intersections with other issues that impact universal access to SRR.

At COP27, ARROW’s Programme Director, Biplabi (second from left), was part of the panel on ensuring accountability for gender-transformative climate action, organised by ARROW, IPPF, DFPA, and the SRHR Climate Justice Coalition.

Through our efforts to ensure that young people are leading change from the forefront within their communities, ARROW’s Right Here Right Now 2 (RHRN2) Changemakers Programme has been one of the key highlight initiatives over the past few years, through which ARROW has made consistent efforts around the capacity strengthening of young people to become effective advocates for SRHR social change

Governance and Financial Management

In 2022, the HR, operations, and finance team continued to focus on the non-programmatic aspects of ARROW and enhance our organisational development through the reviewing of practices on programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, accountable and transparent decision-making, and governance mechanisms.

ARROW Publications Launched in 2022

About

ARROW is a regional non-profit women’s organisation based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).

In 2022, our work was guided by our strategic plan for 2022-2026

How We Work

We believe that together, we must take concerted, collective, and progressive step to achieve our vision

Who We Work With and What We Work On

Ultimately, we want to see significant and sustained improvements in SRHR of women, non-binary people, and young people across Asia and the Pacific, and globally

Maldives

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

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network