STRENGTHENING 2019 OUR EFFORTS ANNUAL AND INCREASING REPORT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SRHR MESSAGE 01 MISSION 02 2019 IN REVIEW 03 2019 IN NUMBERS TIMELINE OF EVENTS PROGRAMS 05 I. CAPACITY BUILDING & ACCOUNTABILITY STRENGTHENING II. NETWORKING 2019 OUR EFFORTS & ENGAGEMENT ANNUAL AND INCREASING III. GENERATING REPORT ACCOUNTABILITY EVIDENCE FOR SRHR IMPACT 11 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL MEDIA GOVERNANCE OUR NETWORK 12 FULL MEMBERS 2019 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 2019 STEERING COMMITTEE 2019 COORDINATING OFFICE 2019 FINANCIALS 14 This promise has become essential as we face the COVID-19 pandemic. Civil society collaboration and cooperation for the protection and MESSAGE fulfilment of SRHR is more important now than ever. 2019 ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CHAIR AND STRENGTHENING OUR Throughout the year, our members have worked collectively to fulfill EFFORTS AND INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SRHR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR this commitment. The Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (APA) unveiled our new branding and interactive public platforms at the 2019 Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver. Our logo’s three colours represent our determined alliance to mobilise civil society action: pink for sexuality, red for health, and blue to represent our twenty years as a regional network. We also welcomed What an incredible year! 2019 marked five new members to our network: MESSAGE the 25th anniversary of the International MISSION Conference on Population and Development • The International Planned Parenthood Federation East and South East Programme of Action. Asia & Oceania Region (IPPF ESEAOR) 2019 IN REVIEW • Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) PROGRAMS Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) advocates from around the world • SERAC-Bangladesh IMPACT gathered at the Nairobi Summit this year to • Bandhu Social Welfare Society OUR NETWORK commemorate this landmark agenda and design a new framework for accelerated action on Haseeb Khawaja FINANCIALS • gender equality, human rights, and sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Nairobi All of these incredible achievements could not have been done without Statement on ICPD25: Accelerating the Promise. the continued support of Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand (PPAT), who hosts the APA coordinating office in Bangkok. Our network also made a promise at this event: We will continue to advocate for the areas of greatest need in the Asia Pacific Sincerely, region to ensure all people have the right to bodily autonomy and integrity, access to safe abortion and comprehensive sexuality education, to increase participation of marginalised groups, and that we will continue to strengthen our efforts Shama Karkal Alexandra Johns 01 and promote accountability to SRHR commitments. APA Steering Committee Chair APA Executive Director MISSION 2019 ANNUAL REPORT STRENGTHENING OUR EFFORTS AND INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SRHR In 1994, 179 governments adopted the revolutionary We established the Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Programme of Action (PoA) at the International Reproductive Health and Rights (APA) as a civil society Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in organisation-led network to support action for promoting the ICPD agenda at national, regional, and global fora. Cairo. This ambitious agenda called for women’s sexual Over the last two decades, APA galvanised national and health, reproductive health and reproductive rights to regional advocacy from its coordinating office in Bangkok MESSAGE be prioritised in sustainable development efforts. to further SRHR, gender and human rights globally. MISSION 2019 IN REVIEW PROGRAMS IMPACT WHO WHAT HOW WE ARE WE DO WE DO IT OUR NETWORK FINANCIALS APA is a network of national, regional Our mission is to mobilise civil society APA uses two main strategies to and global civil society organisations advocacy across the Asia Pacific achieve its mission: regional advocacy that advocate for the fulfillment of region to hold governments and other and capacity building. APA and our sexual and reproductive health and stakeholders accountable for their members advocate at national, regional rights (SRHR) for all persons in the obligations and commitments to realise and global fora to ensure inclusion Asia Pacific region. the SRHR of all persons in Asia and and uptake of comprehensive sexuality the Pacific. We prioritise issues such priorities, encourage government as sexuality, access to comprehensive transparency and participation and sexuality education and access to safe monitor review processes. These include and legal abortion. 2030 Agenda, International Conference on Population and Development, Beijing Platform for Action, Universal Periodic Review and human rights treaty bodies 02 for progress on SRHR commitments. 2019 IN REVIEW 2019 ANNUAL REPORT STRENGTHENING OUR EFFORTS AND INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SRHR We are committed to empowering APA specifically focuses on underserved issues sexual and reproductive health and within SRHR, including access to safe and legal rights champions. We mobilise for abortion, comprehensive sexuality education and human rights for people of diverse sexual advocacy on sexual and reproductive orientations, gender identities/expressions and health and rights (SRHR), encourage sex characteristics. MESSAGE active participation, and endeavour to MISSION increase opportunities for civil society in In 2019, we co-organised numerous capacity 2019 IN REVIEW building events and partnered with key developing countries to access national, stakeholders to strengthen regional alliances and 2019 IN NUMBERS regional and global review processes. advocate for policy development and fulfilment. TIMELINE OF EVENTS PROGRAMS We continued to improve our services for members IMPACT and amplified the impact of our network’s capacity building and advocacy efforts. OUR NETWORK FINANCIALS We also grew our network this year! Five new members joined our commitment to advancing SRHR in the Asia Pacific, adding sex workers as a new constituency represented in our network, and one new country – Bangladesh. 03 1GOAL 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 IN NUMBERS STRENGTHENING OUR Sexual and reproductive EFFORTS AND INCREASING health and rights of all ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SRHR persons in the Asia Pacific CAPACITY NEW are respected, protected 11 BUILDING & 5MEMBERS 11 PARTNERS and fulfilled ADVOCACY EVENTS • SERAC-Bangladesh • PPAT • YouthLEAD PARTICIPANTS FROM • Bandhu Social Welfare Society • RFSU • Y-Peer Asia 96 COUNTRIES • Asia Pacific Network of • RESURJ Pacific IN THE Sex Workers IWRAW • ARROW MESSAGE 14 • ASIA PACIFIC • International Planned • APCOM • UNFPA APRO Parenthood Association East MISSION IPPF SARO • She Decides and Southeast Asia & Oceania • 2019 IN REVIEW • Haseeb Khawanja 2019 IN NUMBERS TIMELINE OF EVENTS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 PROGRAMS PRE-APFSD EVENT: 52ND SESSION OF ASIA PACIFIC ICPD25 IMPACT CIVIL SOCIETY THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH CONSULTATION WORKSHOP POPULATION AND SEPTEMBER 23-24 • BANGKOK MARCH 25 • BANGKOK DEVELOPMENT OUR NETWORK APRIL 1-5 • NEW YORK FINANCIALS ASIA-PACIFIC FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MARCH 27-29 • BANGKOK TIMELINE NAIROBI SUMMIT OF ON ICPD25 NOVEMBER 12-14 • NAIROBI EVENTS WOMEN DELIVER EXPERT GROUP CONFERENCE MEETING JUNE 3-6 VANCOUVER • SEPTEMBER 23-24 • BANGKOK THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL REVIEW OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ASIA PACIFIC OF THE BEIJING FLAGSHIP EVENT DECLARATION AND SEPTEMBER 25 • BANGKOK PLATFORM FOR ACTION 27-29 NOVEMBER • U N ESC A P, 04 BANGKOK, THAILAND PROGRAMS 2019 ANNUAL REPORT STRENGTHENING OUR EFFORTS AND INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SRHR APA continues to be a collective regional voice for holding governments and other stakeholders accountable to their commitments for realising SRHR for all. We believe strong partnerships and an active civil society, equipped with knowledge and skills, are the keys to strong, effective regional advocacy that delivers life changing SRHR policies. MESSAGE MISSION This year, we worked with local, national, 2019 IN REVIEW regional and global organisations that share our mission of mobilising civil society Participants of the CEDAW-SDG PROGRAMS organisations for sexual and reproductive Learning Exchange I. CAPACITY BUILDING health and rights. Our partnerships produced & ACCOUNTABILITY capacity building events that amplify and II. NETWORKING & ENGAGEMENT strengthen the impact of our advocacy. III. GENERATING EVIDENCE APA also contributed to regional and IMPACT global coalitions and listservs to ensure that OUR NETWORK Asia Pacific SRHR issues are prioritised. We ensured that our members were FINANCIALS continually updated on current initiatives and developments in the region. We also helped coordinate the Thematic Working Group on Gender, SRHR and Sexuality of the Asia Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism. 05 I CAPACITY BUILDING & ACCOUNTABILITY 2019 ANNUAL REPORT STRENGTHENING OUR EFFORTS AND INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SRHR CEDAW-SDG LEARNING EXCHANGE The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Learning Exchange was organised for APA members on September 7-9 in Bangkok in MESSAGE collaboration with the International Women’s Rights Action Participants MISSION Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP) and Realizing Sexual and of the Reproductive Justice (RESURJ). With 17 APA and three RESURJ CEDAW-SDG 2019 IN REVIEW Learning members in attendance, the event aimed to: Exchange PROGRAMS • Facilitate peer learning through guiding conversations