The definition of “family” has been constantly changing and evolving over the decades, with many types including single couple households, female-headed households, and polygamous family now present in modern society. However, the classical definition, the “traditional family” or “nuclear family” – which refers to a gender conforming unit comprising a heterosexual man and woman who […]

What are the relationships and interdependencies influencing the promises of being online: voice, visibility, and power? This ARROW for Change (AFC) issue on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and the internet documents some of these dynamics. Information technologies are now part of the chemistry of activism. The struggle for digital sovereignty and freedoms online […]

This paper examines the phenomenon of surrogacy as an industry in India and provides an overview of its operations. An understanding of this industry will be strengthened through an analysis of the regulatory framework in India, and within the broader Asian context. The paper focuses on the way the ideology of family and patriarchal notions […]

What are the relationships and interdependencies influencing the promises of being online: voice, visibility, and power? This ARROW for Change (AFC) issue on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and the internet documents some of these dynamics. Information technologies are now part of the chemistry of activism. The struggle for digital sovereignty and freedoms online […]

Continuum of care has recently been highlighted by the Partnership for Maternal and Neo-Natal and Child Health (PMNCH) and UNICEF as a core principle of programmes for reproductive, maternal, adolescent, newborn, and child health. This modality of care is necessary throughout one’s lifecycle – adolescence, preconception, pregnancy, childbirth, the postnatal period, and childhood – regardless […]

The ARROW Resource Kit on Leadership and Management (ARK) is a compilation of some of ARROW’s most effective governance and management tools and resources that have been developed by the organisation over the past 20 years. The Board of Directors (BOD) of ARROW first discussed the idea of this publication nearly a decade ago, and […]

ARROW truly came into her own as a Global South advocacy organisation in 2014, exerting her voice and influence in the world by advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). With the 20th anniversaries of ICPD and Beijing, as well as the post-2015 development agenda global events, there were ample opportunities and platforms […]

The title of this year’s ARROW Annual Report is indeed an apt and exciting one: cross-movement dialogue was an exceptionally stimulating part of our 2013 work. The work and the ensuing title reflects our feminist position that development occurs within a particular context and achieving women’s equality and women’s human rights, especially sexual and reproductive […]

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 recent years, it has become very evident that noncommunicable diseases adversely affect large numbers of women. Gender differentials in access to healthcare, screening services and treatment make women particularly vulnerable to specific noncommunicable diseases. Women are said to account for half the people living with diabetes, and in some countries they have preponderance over […]