The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), with funding support from Women’s Fund Asia, commissioned three scoping studies through its national partners; Badabon Sangho in Bangladesh; National Indigenous Disabled Women’s Association Nepal; LILAK: Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights in Philippines; conducted regional desk research on the nexus of climate change and SRHR in Asia as well as held three-country consultations with 26 individuals from civil society organisations (CSOs) in Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Philippines. These CSOs work on issues of climate change, gender and SRHR, and represent diverse identities including but not limited to women, SOGIESC, young people, women with disabilities and indigenous peoples.
TheseCSOs discussed and defined regional priorities on the intersections of climate change, gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), with an aim to demand accountability from decision makers at various national, regional and global spaces that negotiate and decide climate actions. The findings and demands will also be disseminated at the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) in line with the theme of Health, Recovery & Peace.
