Arrow

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Arrow
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Washington, DC
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Overview: Through The Various Initiatives Funded By Different Grants, Described Below, Arrow Was Able To Further Gender Equality And Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights In The Asia Pacific Region And In The Countries In The Region. We Were Also Able To Ensure Voices From The Region Were Heard In The Policy Spaces At Un, In The Region, And Globally.1. Initiative: Enhancing Asia And The Pacific Voices And Perspectives Through The Funding From Ajws At The Regional Level, Arrow With Other Youth Co-Conveners Continued To Engage In The Asia Pacific Forum On Sustainable Development Spaces, Through Organizing The Apfsd Youth Forum For The Third Consecutive Year. Arrow Convened Her 3Rd Apfsd Youth Forum, Entitled ''empowering Young People And Ensuring Inclusivity And Equality In Asia Pacific'' From The 21 - 23 March In Bangkok. We Have Seen Incremental Outcomes In The Organizing Of The Apfsd Youth Forum, Including Bringing Diverse Youth Organizations, And Youth Leaders, But Also Facilitative Multi Stakeholder Dialogues In These Forums And Enabling Youth Voices. The Participants Consisted Of 15 Scholars Funded By Arrow And Also Included Participants From A Vast Range Of Diversity As There Was Representation From Young People As Young As 17 Years Old And Young Persons Living With Hiv. The 80 Participants Were Shortlisted From At Least 500 Applications. The Forum Continued The Discussion From Last Year''s Youth Forum, Focusing On The Implementation Of The Agenda 2030 In Asia-Pacific Especially With Regards To The Sdgs On Education, Employment And Climate Change. Through Their Participation, The Youth Participants Developed A Call To Action Echoing The Voices, Concerns And Demands Which Were Discussed Over Three Days. The Recommendations Presented In This Call Address The Key Gaps That Leave Out Young People From The Overall Progress And Neglects Their Needs. In Addition, The Asia Regional Youth Festival, The First Of Its Kind, Took Place From 11-13 September 2019, Brought Together Almost 85 Youth Advocates And Activists From All Over Asia. The Festival Enabled Cross Country Learning And Sharing Through Creative Spaces That Involved An Art And Photo Exhibition, Poetry Recitals And Dance, Screening Of Documentaries, Among Others. Creative Artists Were Invited To The Festival And Shared Dialogues, Monologues And Other Forms Of Creative Expression To Share How They Used The Medium Of Art As An Alternative Method Of Advocacy. Journalists From The Region Also Attended The Festival Which Enabled The Festival To Be Covered Nationally And Regionally. The Festival Was Inaugurated By The Deputy Minister Of Education And The Deputy Minister Of Women From Malaysia Who Both Addressed Short Keynote Speeches Along With The Ed Of Arrow To The Participants, Emphasising On The Importance Of Comprehensive Sexuality Education And Awareness Of One''s Own Bodily Rights Among Others. The Asia Youth Festival Was Successful In Connecting Minds In A Free-Spirited Environment And Enabled Great Learning And Sharing Among Youth In The Region. The Key Output Is That The Festival Kicked Off The Building Of A Strong Movement Of Young Leaders That Is Geared To Actively Implement The Sdgs Using A Combination Of Capacity Strengthening, Advocacy And Youth Movement Building Trajectory For This Youth Festival, Where Young People Were Trained On Leadership, Issues Of Intersectionality And Sexuality While Creative Spaces Such As Exhibitions Providing A Critical Space For Sharing Of Knowledge, Insights, Lessons Learned And Ideas To Promote Young People''s Srhr. Poetry And Monologues Demonstrating Young People''s Struggles Against Srhr And Violence Were Also Included. It Was Our First Attempt To Youth Movement Building Around Sdgs In The Region. 2. Initiative: Tie-Off General Support To Promote And Defend Women''s Rights And Needs, Particularly In The Areas Of Health And Sexuality, And To Reaffirm Their Agency To Claim These Rights, Through Ford Foundation Funds.Through This Initiative We Focused On Monitoring And Advocacy Around Icpd+25 Review Process, We Were Able To Progressively Uphold And The Reaffirm The Icpd Poa At 25 Years. The Regional Icpd+25 Monitoring And Advocacy In 2019 Spanned Across 19 Countries In The Region. Icpd+25 Monitoring Thematic Regional Briefs Were Developed Ahead Of The Un Icpd+25 Review In 2019, Including The Nairobi Summit Processes To Influence These Processes And Ensure Gender, Sexuality And Srhr As Well As Sdgs On Health And Well-Being And Gender Equality, Are Firmly Integrated In The Review Outcomes. In November 2019, Arrow''s Regional Monitoring Report Titled, State Of The Region Report On Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights: Icpd+25, Focused On 19 Countries Including Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Lao Pdr, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand And Vietnam, Was Successfully Published Ahead Of The Nairobi Summit Further Marking The 25Th Anniversary Of The Historic, Ground Breaking Icpd. In The Lead Up To The Nairobi Summit, Arrow Also Organised A Weekly Webinar Series Titled ''asia''s Road To Nairobi Webinar Series'' To Facilitate The Sharing Of Key Findings Of The Icpd+25 Regional Monitoring Report In The Months Of October And November 2019.These Regional Briefs Were Developed On The Following Issues: - Icpd+25: Access To Safe Abortion In Asia And The Pacific Region- Icpd+25: Access To Contraception And Family Planning In Asia And The Pacific Region- Icpd+25: Pregnancy And Childbirth-Related Mortality And Morbidity In Asia And The Pacific Region- Icpd+25: The Status Of Adolescents'' Srhr In Asia And The Pacific Region- Icpd+25: Older Women''s Health And Well-Being In Asia And The Pacific Region- Icpd+25: Reproductive Cancers In Asia And The Pacific Region- Icpd+25: The Status Of Hiv And Sti In Asia And The Pacific Region.Preceding The Icpd+25 Regional Overview, Arrow Partners In The Region, Conducted Icpd+25 Monitoring And Research At The National Level And Developed The Country Reports For Advocacy In 2018-2019. This Was A Process That Kickstarted In 2018, And Included Key Actions Such As Partners Meeting, Development Of Monitoring Frameworks, Development Of Monitoring Reports In The Programme Life Cycle. In A Collaborative Process, We Produced 13 National Level Icpd+25 Monitoring Reports-To Keep The Agenda Alive, Given That Women And Young People Continue To Face Violations To Sexual And Reproductive Rights. The Reports Analysed Key Gender And Sexuality Issues Discussed Within The Icpd Poa, And Provided An Overview Of The Progress, Gaps And Challenges In The Implementation Of Agenda 2030.Also, In 2019, The Advocates Guide Was Finalised Ahead Of Hlpf 2019 And Printed. The Advocates Guide Is Addressed To Srhr Advocates And Seeks To Facilitate Advocacy In The Context Of The Sdg Agenda Implementation. The Srhr Monitoring Indicators In The Publication, Aim To Assess Progress, Gaps And Challenges Around Key Srhr, Gender And Sexuality Issues And Situate Themselves In The Context Of Sdg Indicators. The Advocates Guide Focuses On Sdgs, Capturing Gender And Social Equity Dimensions, And Elaborates On Each Of The 21 Indicators Related To Goals 3 (14 Indicators) And Goal 5 (7 Indicators). The Indicators Mentioned In The Advocates Guide Have Been Used For The Icpd+25 Monitoring, And Are In The Process To Monitor The Sdg+5 Monitoring Reports On Gender, Sexuality And Srh.3. Initiatives Through The Fjs And Wallace Core Grants Core Organizational Activities Were Strengthened As A Result Of This Funding. This Initiave Also Contributed To The Following:The Safe Abortion Advocacy Initiative- A Global South Engagement (Saige) Was Launched In 2018 And Currently Comprises 6 Civil Society Organisations In Asia Committed To Realising The Right To Safe Abortion For All Women Through Strategic Interventions That Recognise Abortion As A Rights Issue. Saige Hopes Bring Together Global So

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