Introduction

ARROWs for Change is ARROW’s practical, action-oriented bulletin covering various women’s health and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues. It is published in English three times a year, with versions in selected Asian and Pacific languages produced annually. AFC aims to be a cutting-edge resource and an advocacy tool, with the rationale for producing the bulletin stemming from the need to communicate clear women, gender and rights perspectives to mainstream health, population and family planning establishments and influence them. It is meant primarily for Asian-Pacific decision-makers and programme managers in health, population, family planning and women's organisations.

Each issue of ARROWs for Change includes:

• Editorial/Lead Article – an overview and gender-sensitive and rights-based analysis on the relevant theme
• Spotlight – articles focusing inspiring experiences and examples of change in action on current policies and programmes, and on cases of innovative research
• Monitoring – a sharing of information about efforts in different Asia-Pacific countries, particularly those relating to women and health
• Resources– annotations of recent and relevant resources on the theme
• Definitions
• Factfile –a gender analysis of health data and concepts

AFC Issues

Issues are available in both printed and electronic editions. Some AFC issues are also translated in Asia-Pacific languages.

Abortion
Young and Vulnerable: The Reality of Unsafe Abortion among Adolescent and Young Women (Vol 12 No 3)
    English
    Cebuano   
Advocacy to Bring Down Alarming Rates of Unsafe Abortion (Vol 9 No 1) 

Advocacy
Advocacy to Bring Down Alarming Rates of Unsafe Abortion (Vol 9 No 1)  

Cairo & Beijing Monitoring                                                                                                            

15 Years After Cairo: Taking Stock, Moving Forward in the Asia and the Pacific (Vol 15 No 2 & 3) *new*

ICPD 10: Reasserting Reproductive Health in the Global Agenda (Vol 10 No 2)
Critical Steps Forward: Five Years After the Cairo Conference (Vol 5 No 1)
Monitoring Concrete Changes after ICPD (Vol 2 No 3)
Challenges After Cairo (Vol 1 No 1)
Beyond Beijing and Cairo: Improving Women's Health (Vol 1 No 2)

CEDAW                                                                                                                                     

Applying the CEDAW Convention for the Recognition of Women's Health Rights (Vol 8 No 1)

Climate Change, Population and SRHR
In Search of Climate Justice: Refuting Dubious Linkages, Affirming Rights (Vol 15 No 1) *new*
Annotated Bibliography on Climate Change *new*

Community Mobilising & Participation & Accountability
Rural Women's SRHR: Knowing the Complexities for Strengthening Strategies (Vol 13 No 1)
    English
    Tamil
    Chinese
Strengthening Community Participation and Accountability in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (Vol 9 No 3) 

Emergencies (Conflicts & Disasters)
Feminist and Rights-based Perspectives: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Disaster Contexts (Vol 14 No 3)   
Ground Realities: Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Conflict Situations (Vol 13 No 3)    

Fundamentalisms (Cultural & Religious)
Keeping the Faith: Overcoming Religious Fundamentalisms (Vol 14 No 1 & 2)                                                                                                                    Women's Health and the Barriers of Culture and Religion (Vol 5 No 3)   

Funding & SRHR
HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (Vol 12 No 1) 

Gender-based Violence/Violence Against Women
Reframing Gender-based Violence as a Reproductive Health Issue  (Vol 11 Bumper Issue)
Eliminating Violence Against Women Through Health Services (Vol 8 No 2)
Addressing Rape: The Urgency for Action (Vol 4 No 2)
Violence Against Women: A Silent Pandemic (Vol 1 No 3) 

Health Care, Systems & Services
Health Systems and Women's Rights: Maternal Death and Disability (Vol 12 No 2)
Quality Health Services for Women - What Women Want (Vol 8 No 3)
Gender-Sensitive Health Care (Vol 6 No 1)

Health Sector Reforms (HSR) & Globalisation
Assessing Evidence on Health Sector Reforms (Vol 10 No 1)
The Impact of Health Sector Reform on Reproductive Health (Vol 6 No 3)
    English
    Indonesian 
The Impact of Globalisation on Women's Health (Vol 4 No 1) 

HIV/AIDS                                           
HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (Vol 12 No 1)
Women at Greater Risk of HIV Infection (Vol 3 No 1)  

Maternal & Pregnancy & Childbirth-related Mortality & Morbidity                                           
Health Systems and Women's Rights: Maternal Death and Disability (Vol 12 No 2)
Maternal Mortality – Why Women Need Not Die (Vol 7 No 1) 

Occupational Health
Risky Business - Women and Occupational Health (Vol 7 No 2) 

Older Women’s Health
Older Women's Health: Facing the Challenges (Vol 5 No 2)

Reproductive Cancers
Reproductive Cancers Women's Access to Screening Services (Vol 3 No 3) 

Right to Health
Women's Rights to Health (Vol 3 No 2)
    English
    Gujerati  

Rural Women’s SRHR  
Rural Women's SRHR: Knowing the Complexities for Strengthening Strategies (Vol 13 No 1)
    English
    Tamil
    Chinese 

Sexuality/Sexual Rights
Why Affirm Sexuality? (Vol 13 No 2)
    English
    Chinese
    Thai
    Vietnamese
Special Addendum: Affirming Sexuality: The Example of a Counselling Programme for Young People in Vietnam
Sexuality: Gender and Sexual Practice (Vol 2 No 2) 

Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Young and Vulnerable: The Reality of Unsafe Abortion among Adolescent and Young Women: (Vol 12 No 3)
    English
    Cebuano
Giving Meaning to Youth Participation (Vol 10 No 3)
Ensuring Young People's Sexual and Reproductive Rights (Vol 4 No 3)    

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