In 2019, ARROW consolidated the work that, historically, made us strong and branched out to new initiatives to sharpen our advocacy work. 2019 was also the 25th anniversary of Cairo, and ARROW worked with partners to hold governments accountable to their Cairo commitments across 13 different countries in the Asia-Pacific region through evidence and advocacy. […]

2018 was a tumultuous year to say the very least with tensions and struggles between the left and the right in both the US and the UK. But 2018 also was the year when citizens made powerful stands against unfettered power.

In 2017, we stepped up our advocacy and responded effectively to the new threats and re-energised our work with a new strategic plan from 2017-2021.

The year 2016 presented a complex global economic, social, and environmental landscape which was challenging to navigate through. In order to successfully carry forward our key agenda of universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all, ARROW deliberated with partners and allies on a new strategic plan that will guide our […]

2015 was a critical one for the NGO community, marking the end of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the beginning of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (previously called post-2015 agenda). It was crucial that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) be recognised as a critical part of this new agenda, and that […]

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 […]

The global SRHR movement went into 2011 with renewed expectations of commitment from governments, NGOs, donors and UN agencies towards the Cairo agenda. In December 2010, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution that called for an extension of the Programme of Action (PoA) of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD, also called […]

2010 has been a time of continued expansion for the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), following the trend for the previous three years. Several factors have driven this expansion, including the recognition of the strategic niche occupied by ARROW and its partners in linking local, national, regional and global advocacy on women’s […]