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annual report 2016 – strategic engagements: moving the SRHR agenda forward
Published in 2016
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The year 2016 presented a complex global economic, social, and environmental landscape which was challenging to navigate through. Continue reading annual report 2016 – strategic engagements: moving the SRHR agenda forward at Arrow.
stories of change – sharing success stories of whrap-south asia
Published in 2016
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This publication by ARROW and the Women’s Health and Rights Advocacy Partnership (WHRAP) – South Asia tells stories of change at all levels; individual, community, national and global. Over the last 13 years, WHRAP-South Asia has facilitated and contributed to processes aimed at improving the quality of life of marginalised women in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan […]
arrow for change – health sector response to gender-based violence and SRHR
Published in 2011
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Gender-based violence (GBV) violates human rights and affects sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Widely prevalent and socially silenced in most Asian-Pacific countries, GBV is increasingly recognised as a major public health concern in the region. GBV restricts choices and decision-making of those who experience it, curtailing their rights across their life cycle to access critical […]
arrow for change – repoliticising financing: re-energising political support for women’s health and SRHR
Published in 2011
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The road to self-reliance? Development aid, with its rapidly changing trends and cut–backs, has been a matter of extreme concern for hundreds of civil society organisations (CSO) involved in bringing social justice to vulnerable populations. The pursuit of the right to development and the role of people’s organisations in achieving this, including for sexual and […]
funding for SRHR in asia & the pacific – bibliography
Published in 2011
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As a result of the Millennium Declaration, the past decade has witnessed a surge in development aid. Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) rose from USD 2.9 billion in 1995 to 14.1 billion in 2007. The decade has also seen a proliferation of donors including bilateral, multilateral and private foundations. This is also true for funding for […]
reclaiming & redefining rights – pathways to universal access to reproductive health care in asia
Published in 2011
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Reclaiming and Redefining Rights. Thematic Studies Series 2: Pathways to Universal Access to Reproductive Health Care in Asia. Each of the four case studies begin with a general background of the country, which provides an overview of the health sector and its system, especially in its financing, followed by traversing the history of privatisation as well as progress […]
advocating accountability: status report on maternal health and young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in south asia
Published in 2008
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As part of our commitment to strengthening the women’s movement through building regional partnerships for advocacy, the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) periodically organizes regional strategic planning meetings. At these events, our partners participate in identifying emerging challenges to women’s health and rights, and facilitate regional cooperation aimed at enhancing the national […]
arrow for change – health systems and women’s rights: key elements in effectively averting maternal death and disability
Published in 2006
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Every day, thousands of women die from pregnancy and childbirth in Asia and the Pacific. 75% of these deaths are from complications directly associated with the process of pregnancy and childbirth, i.e. direct maternal death, such as from bleeding, hypertension-with-convulsion, infection, and unsafe abortion. The rest are from the aggravation of the maternal state by […]
arrow for change – HIV/AIDS and SRHR: how has funding fueled the divide?
Published in 2006
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For a pandemic that thrives in poverty and enhances poverty, nothing could be more awash in money than HIV/AIDS. Even though the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has not yet met its goal of raising US$10 billion, there is still US$7 billion more than there was in 2001 when the Fund was just […]
women of the world: laws and policies affecting their reproductive lives
Published in 2005
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Imagine a world in which the laws and policies of every country allowed women to fully enjoy their reproductive rights. While this is still a distant goal, a confluence of factors has enabled women’s health and rights advocates to bring it into focus. The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the 1995 […]