The
Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) was
formally established in 1993 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a regional
non-profit and non-governmental organisation concerned with ensuring
that development policies and plans influencing women’s health status
included women’s and gender perspectives. Co-founded by Rita Raj and Rashidah Abdullah, ARROW’s
vision is for women in Asia and the Pacific to be better able to define
and control their lives, particularly in the area of women's health and
rights. Since 1993, ARROW has been able to make significant progress
towards this vision.
Prior to the
establishment of ARROW, a survey was conducted among 20 key women NGOs
in 20 countries to determine their specific information needs in the
area of women and health, including their priority issues, types of
materials required, the current sources of information and whether or
not they had access to their own documentation centre or that of other
organisations nationally. The findings confirmed that women NGOs were
most interested in practical information from other countries to assist
them in planning and implementing their activities, particularly
related to gender-sensitisation, reproductive health and rights, and
violence against women.
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