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THE YEAR 2025 WAS A SIGNIFICANT YEAR AT ARROW GIVEN THAT WE FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUT 5 YEAR LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLAN 2026-2030. THIS NEW STRATEGIC PLAN CALLED FOR DIALOGUE WITH PARTNERS FROM THE REGION TO DISCUSS THE CONTEXT, EMERGING PRIORITIES AROUND THE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS LANDSCAPE. THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN 2026-2030 ENVISIONS, AN EQUAL, JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD WHERE WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL OUR DIVERSITIES ENJOY OUR FULL SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION. IN ORDER TO REALISE OUR VISION, ARROW WILL BE WORKING ON TRANSFORMING SYSTEMS, CHANGING THE FUNDAMENTAL UNEQUAL STRUCTURES AND POWER DYNAMICS OF EXISTING SYSTEMS BY SHIFTING NARRATIVES, NORMS AND POWER. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)SOME SIGNIFICANT ARROW ACTIONS IN 2025 ARE PRESENTED IN THIS NARRATIVE.IN KEEPING WITH ARROW'S KEY STRATEGY TO MONITOR INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS PERTAINING TO WOMEN'S HEALTH, SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT (ICPD) PROGRAMME OF ACTION (POA), THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION (BPFA), AND AGENDA 2030 FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT , ARROW DEVELOPED NATIONAL MONITORING REPORTS AND REGIONAL POLICY BRIEFS. THE KEY GOALS UNDER REVIEW FOR 2025 WERE SDG 5 (GENDER EQUALITY), SDG 3 (GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING), SDG 8 (DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH), SDG 14 (LIFE BELOW WATER), AND SDG 17 (PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS) AT THE HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM 2025, ARROW BROUGHT TOGETHER 11 NATIONAL PARTNERS TO REVIEW PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS SRHR FOR THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION IN THE FACE OF INTERSECTING CRISES, BOTH WITHIN THE SDG FRAMEWORK, BUT ALSO INCORPORATING A REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FRAMEWORK, TO DOCUMENT COMMUNITY AND LIVED EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN ALL THEIR DIVERSITIES, FROM THE REGION. SEVEN (7) OF THE ELEVEN (11) PARTNERS ALSO HELD NATIONAL LEVEL VALIDATION AND ADVOCACY MEETINGS WHILE ALL THE PARTNERS ENGAGED IN ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND DISSEMINATION TO POLICY MAKERS AND THEIR GOVERNMENTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. IN 2025, ARROW AND ITS PARTNERS, YOUNG FEMINIST FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS MAINTAINED A STRONG PRESENCE AND STRENGTHENED OUR ENGAGEMENTS IN KEY REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ADVOCACY SPACES DESPITE THE SHRINKING CIVIC SPACES AND RISING ANTI-RIGHTS TRENDS GLOBALLY. THESE INCLUDED THE APFSD 2025, HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (HRC) SESSIONS, 63RD SESSION OF THE COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (CSOCD63), 69TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW69), 58TH SESSION OF COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT (CPD58), FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT (FFD4), HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM 2025, 80TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA80), SECOND WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (WSSD2) AND 30TH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP30).ARROW WEBSITE GARNERED 210,733 PAGEVIEWS AND SECURED 115,262 VISITORS. WE ALSO SECURED 1,454,390 ORGANIC VIEWS ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND 267,645 ORGANIC IMPRESSION ON LINKEDIN. THE MOST POPULAR PUBLICATION OF 2025 WAS THE APFSD CALL TO ACTION. IN FEBRUARY, 2025, ARROW ORGANISED THE APFSD YOUTH FORUM TOGETHER WITH CO-CONVENERS, YOUTH LEAD, Y-PEER ASIA PACIFIC CENTER, AND THE MAJOR GROUP FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN CLIMATE ACTION PLATFORM (YECAP), UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP), AND THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (UN ESCAP), AND IN CO-COLLABORATION WITH THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH MAJOR GROUP TO UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (CYMG-UNEP). A TOTAL OF 549 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 34 COUNTRIES ACROSS ASIA PACIFIC IN ALL THEIR DIVERSITIES CAME TOGETHER DURING THE APFSD YOUTH FORUM 2025 TO DISCUSS THE SDGS UNDER REVIEW (SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 8, SDG 14, AND SDG 17) FOR THE YEAR 2025. FURTHER TO THIS, IN SEPTEMBER, THE 'REGIONAL FORUM ON TRANSFORMING TEACHERS AND TEACHING FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND GENDER EQUALITY' WAS JOINTLY CO-ORGANISED BY ARROW ALONG WITH UNESCO (REGIONAL OFFICE IN BANGKOK AND REGIONAL OFFICE FOR SOUTH ASIA), UNICEF (EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE AND REGIONAL OFFICE FOR SOUTH ASIA), UNFPA ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE, EDUCATIONAL INTERNATIONAL ASIA-PACIFIC, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SDG4YOUTH AND STUDENT NETWORK AND YPEER ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER. A TOTAL OF 160 KEY STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING 29 GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES; 98 YOUTH, CIVIL SOCIETY AND UN AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES, AND 33 ACADEMIA AND EDUCATION EXPERTS FROM OVER 20 COUNTRIES, ACKNOWLEDGING THE VITAL ROLE TEACHERS PLAY IN DRIVING TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE, THE FORUM CREATED SPACE FOR SHARING PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRY CONTEXTS AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.ARROW ALSO CO-HOSTED THE SECOND SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING TO END FGM/C IN JAKARTA IN DECEMBER 2025, TOGETHER WITH UNFPA, UNICEF, AND THE ASIA NETWORK, BRINGING TOGETHER 83 PARTICIPANTS FROM GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, HEALTH, UN AGENCIES, AND DONOR COMMUNITIES TO OPERATIONALISE THE REGIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK (RAF). AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL, ARROW AND THE ASIA NETWORK ENGAGED KEY INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND PROFESSIONAL PLATFORMS TO AMPLIFY ASIAN PERSPECTIVES AND ADVANCE ACCOUNTABILITY ON FGM/C. THROUGH ARROW'S SUPPORT, GENDER-RESPONSIVE CLIMATE ACTION WAS LOCALISED IN THREE COUNTRIES, ONE OF WHICH IS NEPAL THROUGH ITS LONG-TIME PARTNER, THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS DISABLED WOMEN ASSOCIATIONNEPAL (NIDWAN). IN FEBRUARY, THE GENDER ACTION AND CLIMATE CHAMPIONS ACADEMY (GCA) WAS LAUNCHED AND RECEIVED 700 APPLICATIONS FROM ACROSS THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. OUT OF THESE APPLICANTS, 150 VIRTUAL SCHOLARS WERE SELECTED. THE GCA HAD FIVE WEBINAR SERIES ON THE VARYING TOPICS LINKING GENDER AND CLIMATE, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, TOOLS FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENDER IN ADAPTATION APPROACHES AND SECTORAL ACTIONS; AND CLIMATE FINANCE. FURTHER TO THIS, IN SEPTEMBER, THE CO-CREATING TRANSFORMATIONAL AND GENDER-RESPONSIVE CLIMATE ADAPTATION IN ASIA - A MULTISTAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE WAS CO-CONVENED BY ARROW WITH ICIMOD GESI COMMUNITY OF ACTION (COA), UN WOMEN, AND UNEP, UNDER THE THEME "RESILIENCE FOR ALL: CATALYZING TRANSFORMATIONAL ADAPTATION" WITH FOCUS ON GENDER RESPONSIVE CLIMATE ADAPTATION.ARROW IS GROWING AND OUR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IS ENSURING WE STAY EFFECTIVE IN OUR WORK. TIMESHEET RECORD KEEPING FOR ALL STAFF IS KEY IN THIS PROCESS. THE FOCUS HAS ALSO BEEN ON EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE LOGISTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR STAFF, ENSURING SMOOTH TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, AND EVENT COORDINATION WHILE OPTIMISING EXPENSES. THE EOR PROCESS MARKS THE CONTINUED EXPANDING OUR OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES IN THESE REGIONS, ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS AND STREAMLINING THE HIRING PROCESS. WITH THIS IN PLACE, WE CAN NOW ONBOARD TALENT MORE EFFICIENTLY WHILE MITIGATING LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RISKS.