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“The organization is managed by a non-compensated board of directors and a volunteer executive director.”

“Arrow developed key knowledge products in 2019 the arrow afc - the right to sexuality https://arrow.org.my/publication/the -right-to-sexuality/ has been well received by our readers. This volume highlighted various perspectives and voices on the right to sexuality. It analyses the links between the right to sexuality and bodily autonomy and integrity and discusses current perspectives on the right to sexuality in the region, drawing attention to the intersectionalities between the right to sexuality and issues such as class, age, ethnicity, and disability. In order to raise awareness around female genital mutilation/ cutting (fgm/c) in asia, arrow facilitated the establishment of end fgm asia, a network of organisations, activists and researchers working on fgc in the asia region by june 2019 (e.g. Indonesia, india, malaysia). The initiative aims to end fgm/c in malaysia, brunei, india, indonesia, pakistan, the philippines, maldives, thailand and singapore and facilitate south-south partnerships and cooperation between ngos working to combat fgc in africa and asia in 2019-2020. Arrow also held strategic position in terms of being member of the steering committee for the beijing+25 regional processes; icpd+25 global steering committee; apcrshr steering committee; as well as member of the civil society advisory group for generation equality forum. 4. Initiative: building next generation movement leaders and organisations in south asia on srhr in 2019, the initiative, building next generation movement leaders and organizations in south asia, focused on ensuring comprehensive sexuality education with an intersectionality lens was inbuilt more concretely in south asia. This is a partnership project between arrow and eight partner ngos in four countries, and is supported by the packard foundation. Implemented in bangladesh, india, nepal, and pakistan, this initiative aimed to strengthen the capacity of youth led, youth-serving organisations and youth champions to do effective advocacy for comprehensive sexuality education (cse) with a greater understanding of intersectionality issues, and to advocate for mainstreaming cse in the formal and informal education systems. We also launched manual on intersectionality, in conjunction with international women' day on march 8, 2019. The guide is useful for capacity strengthening workshops on the interlinkages between cse and sexuality and their intersections with health, education, employment, law, sexual citizenship. It contains detailed instructions on the sessions, including content, methodologies, preparations as well as required. The manual for a four-day session includes diverse activities such as lectures, presentations, participatory activities including games, reflective sessions, creative sessions, movies, etc. Materials. Intersectionality workshops at the country level were successfully held in india, pakistan, myanmar, indonesia and regional and international advocacy spaces in 2019. These sessions were interactive, open, and insightful as participants, who represented a whole range of diversity shared their stories, reflections, and their experiences of privileges and oppressions. The participants also expressed appreciation of arrow's effort in introducing intersectionality as a lens, framework, and a core analytical tool in all our work on gender and srhr through these sessions and release of the facilitator's guide. We have also initiated webinar series for this training, and to prepare young people to participate at the next apcrshr (asian pacific conference on sexual and reproductive health and rights), arrow designed a monthly webinar series that will run until june 2020. 5. Initiative: capacity strengthening on innovation for arrow team the work on innovation was carried out effectively at arrow. Many trainings, coaching and mentoring were held on innovation for staff at arrow. This work also contributed to the the women and earth initiative (worth) at arrow which looks a”