2012

annual report 2012 – exploring new paradigms for the new development agenda

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The year 2012 was an extremely fulfilling year for the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) in many different ways. It was filled with many memorable and striking events.

One of ARROW’s more outstanding moments was organising the meeting “Beyond ICPD & the MDGs: NGOs Strategising for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Asia-Pacific” (‘Beyond ICPD & the MDGs’) in May 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that enabled the regional political articulation of the SRHR agenda in the ‘KL Call to Action.’

This key meeting brought together a wide range of cross-generation NGOs and activists working on SRHR, migration, poverty, food security, climate change and religious extremism across 27 different countries in the region and enabled ARROW to deeply understand the regional agenda from the perspective of these diverse stakeholders. It also concretely established the credibility of ARROW as a key regional NGO in the lead-up to 2015.

The second most outstanding moment was co-chairing the Bali Global Youth Forum at the end of the year. This co-chairing was led by Rishita Nandagiri, a youth member of ARROW’s Programme Advisory Committee, with the Executive Director. The Bali Global Youth Forum was the first in a series of thematic forums initiated under the ICPD Beyond 2014 secretariat as a means of informing the 20-year-old Programme of Action of new and current paradigms. ARROW anticipated that the forum, as the first of ICPD Beyond 2014 activities, could potentially enable civil society to push the SRHR agenda forward. ARROW invested staff time quite heavily in the forum and was actively involved in all task forces.

Vietnam

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

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

Maldives

  • Hope for Women
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)
annual report 2012 - exploring new paradigms for the new development agenda

The year 2012 was an extremely fulfilling year for the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) in many different ways. It was filled with many memorable and striking events.

One of ARROW’s more outstanding moments was organising the meeting “Beyond ICPD & the MDGs: NGOs Strategising for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Asia-Pacific” (‘Beyond ICPD & the MDGs’) in May 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that enabled the regional political articulation of the SRHR agenda in the ‘KL Call to Action.’

This key meeting brought together a wide range of cross-generation NGOs and activists working on SRHR, migration, poverty, food security, climate change and religious extremism across 27 different countries in the region and enabled ARROW to deeply understand the regional agenda from the perspective of these diverse stakeholders. It also concretely established the credibility of ARROW as a key regional NGO in the lead-up to 2015.

The second most outstanding moment was co-chairing the Bali Global Youth Forum at the end of the year. This co-chairing was led by Rishita Nandagiri, a youth member of ARROW’s Programme Advisory Committee, with the Executive Director. The Bali Global Youth Forum was the first in a series of thematic forums initiated under the ICPD Beyond 2014 secretariat as a means of informing the 20-year-old Programme of Action of new and current paradigms. ARROW anticipated that the forum, as the first of ICPD Beyond 2014 activities, could potentially enable civil society to push the SRHR agenda forward. ARROW invested staff time quite heavily in the forum and was actively involved in all task forces.

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association

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)

Lao PDR

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

Sri Lanka

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

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)

Maldives

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

Myanmar

  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar

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

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

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)

Singapore

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

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network