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Championing Sexual and Reproductive Rights.
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ARROW is looking for another CONSULTANT!!!📢

We are calling for Expression of Interest (EOI) for a Project Mid-Term Evaluation Consultant for “Strengthening Capacities Towards Inclusive Development Pathways: A Crucial Pivot To Development in Malaysia”.

Apply: arrow.org.my/careers/eoi-...

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A graphic on a violet background with the ARROW logo in the top left. Large pink text reads "APPLY NOW!" followed by the text: "Call for Expression of Interest (EOI)" and "Project Mid-Term Evaluation Consultant (Gender Equality Initiative - Phase 2)." At the bottom, the deadline is listed as 30 December 2025.
December 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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ARROW is looking for a CONSULTANT!!! 📢

We are looking for a consultant for the Development of a Regional Advocacy Brief for the 59th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD).

Apply here: arrow.org.my/careers/deve...

#jobalert
A violet graphic featuring the ARROW logo in the top left corner. Large pink text reads "APPLY NOW!" followed by white text stating: "We are seeking a consultant for the development of regional advocacy brief for the 59th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD59)." At the bottom, a pink box labeled "Deadline" sits above the date "27 December 2025." The background features a subtle repeating pattern of female symbols.
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Update on the APFSD Youth Forum 2026 applications ✨✨

We are in the process of reviewing applications. We will notify selected participants by the end of this week.

Thank you for your patience.

#APFSDYouth2026
A blue informational graphic for the APFSD Youth Forum 2026 featuring a faint map of the Asia-Pacific region in the background. The top displays the APFSD logo and text reading "APFSD: Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development," followed by "Youth Forum 2026, 18-20 February | Bangkok, Thailand." The center contains a message inside a white border: "Update. We are in the process of reviewing applications. We will notify selected participants by the end of this week. Thank you for your patience."
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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📢 Presenting to you the NEW ARROW for Change on resisting the anti-rights: arrow.org.my/publication/...

This issue of ARROW for Change (AFC) examines accelerating interconnected crises.
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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On Human Rights Day, we make a call to decriminalise abortion and ensure access to safe, affordable, and comprehensive abortion care within just and inclusive health systems free from all forms of violence.

#16Days #16DaysofActivism
A pink graphic featuring the ARROW and Saige logos. The heading reads, "Did You Know?" followed by the text: "Gender-based violence (GBV) leads to harmful impacts on the reproductive health of women and girls across their life course." A pink graphic featuring the ARROW and Saige logos. The heading reads, "Did You Know?" followed by the text: "Increased intimate partner violence lead to more unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, increased risks of complications and maternal deaths take place." A pink graphic featuring the ARROW and Saige logos. The heading reads, "Did You Know?" followed by the text: "States which criminalise abortion and limit abortion access also perpetuate violence by risking the health of pregnant persons who are denied safe and legal abortions." A pink graphic featuring the ARROW and Saige logos. The heading reads, "What can we do?" followed by the text: "Let’s call all States to decriminalise abortion and ensure access to safe, affordable, and comprehensive abortion care within just and inclusive health systems free from violence."
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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🚨🚨 HAPPENING TOMORROW!!

DATE: 10 December 2025 | Human Rights Day
TIME: 3.30 PM – 5 PM Malaysia / 2.30 PM – 4PM Thailand / 1.15 PM – 2:45 PM Nepal / 7.30 AM – 9 AM UK / 10.30 AM – 12 PM Kenya / 7.30 PM – 9 PM Fiji
𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Poster for the Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) event. Title: Launch of the ARROW for Change on Resisting the Anti-Rights: Building Inclusive Movements, Enabling Feminist Agenda setting Beyond 2030 in Asia and the Pacific. Details: 10 December 2025 | 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Malaysian Time | Venue: ZOOM. Speakers (with affiliations): Sivananthi Thanenthiran (ARROW), Dr. Ayesha Khan (ODI Global), Ishani Cordeiro (Women Enabled International), Phyu Nwe Win (WOSSO Fellow | APFSD Youth Scholar), Sanyulandy Leowalu (YGSI), and Menka Goundan (ARROW).
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Learn more about this study and how it’s shaping conversations on FGM/C in South Asia. Read the report here: minormatters.org/report_polic...

#EndFGMCAsia #16Days2025 #SriLanka
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Today we highlight Sri Lanka, where new research by Women's Action Network and Sisterhood Initiative reveals how silence, secrecy, and social pressure sustain FGM/C.

Digital advocacy is now helping break that silence, connecting women across regions and generations.

#EndFGMCAsia #16Days2025
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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🚨Introducing the speakers for the 'ARROW for Change' launch on Human Rights Day!

📅 10 December 2025
⏰ 3.30 PM – 5 PM Malaysia / 2.30 PM – 4PM Thailand / 1.15 PM – 2:45 PM Nepal / 7.30 AM – 9 AM UK / 10.30 AM – 12 PM Kenya / 7.30 PM – 9 PM Fiji
🔗 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Poster for the Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) event. Title: Launch of the ARROW for Change on Resisting the Anti-Rights: Building Inclusive Movements, Enabling Feminist Agenda setting Beyond 2030 in Asia and the Pacific. Details: 10 December 2025 | 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Malaysian Time | Venue: ZOOM. Speakers (with affiliations): Sivananthi Thanenthiran (ARROW), Dr. Ayesha Khan (ODI Global), Ishani Cordeiro (Women Enabled International), Phyu Nwe Win (WOSSO Fellow | APFSD Youth Scholar), Sanyulandy Leowalu (YGSI), and Menka Goundan (ARROW).
December 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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The collective explored interesting management and decision making tools to advance Kaleidoscope's Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Justice (SRHRJ) leadership journey.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Together with the Bridgespan, India team, the Kaleidoscope Collective revisited their own organisational readiness for reproductive health systems support work!

#KaleidoscopeCollective
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December 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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🚨🚨 Join our 'ARROW for Change' launch on Human Rights Day!

DATE: 10 December 2025 | Human Rights Day
TIME: 3.30 PM – 5 PM Malaysia / 2.30 PM – 4PM Thailand / 1.15 PM – 2:45 PM Nepal / 7.30 AM – 9 AM UK / 10.30 AM – 12 PM Kenya / 7.30 PM – 9 PM Fiji
𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
A purple event poster titled "Launch of the ARROW for Change on Resisting the Anti-Rights," with the subheading "Building Inclusive Movements, Enabling Feminist Agenda setting Beyond 2030 in Asia and the Pacific." The top left displays the ARROW logo (Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women). Event details are listed in pink boxes: Date is 10 December 2025, the venue is ZOOM, and time 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Malaysian Time. A "REGISTER NOW" button is circled in the lower left. The bottom right corner features an image of the publication cover.
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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According to the UNFPA, there is strong evidence that CSE improves HIV knowledge and self-efficacy related to refusing sex or condom use and contributes to delayed sexual debut and increased condom use, thus reducing sexually transmitted infections, HIV transmission and unintended pregnancy! (2/2)
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December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Resource hubs to learn more about Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)🙌🙌

Be a part of our #CSE4ALL campaign: forms.gle/FcyBcZDqo4Mr...

#16DaysOfActivism (1/2)
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December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Asia Network to End FGM/C Member and Co-Founder of End FGC Singapore, Saza Faradilla uses spoken word to reclaim her body and voice after experiencing Female Genital Cutting as a child.

Watch her powerful video as part of our #16Days2025 campaign.

#16Days #EndFGMCAsia #UNiTE #16DaysofActivism
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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✨✨ A huge thank you to everyone ✨✨

We are very grateful to have received such an amazing response to the APFSD Youth Forum 2026 Call for Applications!!

✅ 2,121 applications received from 47 countries across Asia and the Pacific

✅ 466 Abstracts received

#APFSDYouth2026
An infographic poster on a blue background with a stylised map of the Asia-Pacific region. The main text reads "APFSD - Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development Youth Forum 2026 18-20 February | Bangkok, Thailand" "Thank You!" Below the main title are four key statistics: 2121 Applications from 47 Asia and the Pacific Countries, and 466 Abstracts from 26 Asia and the Pacific Countries. A pink banner at the bottom states: Selected applicants will be informed by 15 December 2025. At the very bottom are the logos of the organisations that are co-convening, collaborating, and partnering for the event.
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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We need to work towards preventing and responding to GBV effectively by sustained political will, adequate funding, and coordinated interventions.

#16Days #16DaysofActivism
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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As we mark the 16 Days of Activism against GBV, we need to look beyond the surface.

#16Days #16DaysofActivism
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Gender-based violence (GBV) is systemically perpetuated and rooted in power, control, and inequality.

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#16Days #16DaysofActivism
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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📢📢 The COP30 Asia and the Pacific Regional Brief is out!!

Access it here: arrow.org.my/publication/...

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November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Finally, here's Puteri, our WOSSO Asia and the Pacific Fellow from Malaysia, hoping she can contribute towards climate action 💪 Live from the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties - #COP30!

#AsiaPacific #WOSSO
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November 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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"I hope #COP30 truly becomes the Indigenous COP that it was promised to be, with meaningful representation of Indigenous Peoples, women, and grassroots voices at the heart of every agenda."

Our WOSSO Asia and the Pacific Fellow Mega from Nepal, shares her hopes live from COP30!

#AsiaPacific #WOSSO
A smiling Mega Maskey, wearing glasses, stands in front of a blurred background of greenery and water. Mega holds her conference badge. Text overlay reads: "30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP30)." Below this is a large quote: "Indigenous people, women, and grassroots voices should shape gender-responsive adaptation plans, equitable climate finance, and locally-led climate solutions." Mega's name and title are listed below the quote: "Mega Maskey, Women of the South Speak Out (WOSSO) Asia and the Pacific Fellow." Logos for WOSSO, Gender Links, ARROW, Mannion Daniels, and the UK International Development are at the bottom.
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Now over to Khaliut.

Khaliut, our WOSSO Asia and the Pacific Fellow from Mongolia, regarding adaptation and loss and damage mitigation. Live from the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties - #COP30!

#AsiaPacific #WOSSO
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November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, ARROW's Deputy Executive Director, concluded the session by saying, "We need to ensure that if we want to eradicate poverty in all its dimensions and advance social development as well as health and education, we need to address gender inequalities."
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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The solutions session discussed the importance of universal access to health, including sexual and reproductive health information and services, with a focus on universal health coverage, as key tenets to social progress and development.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM