Ensuring everyone’s right to health is

fully achieved through the promotion and inclusion of sexual and reproductive health and rights

ANNUAL REPORT 2011

With debates over the future of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action and the impending Millennium Development Goal (MDG) deadline of 2015, APA strengthened dialogue for future directions of NGO advocacy in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific, to propel the regional agenda forward.

One of the highlights this year was the 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Yogyakarta, where members gathered for a workshop and fostered dialogue with partners and donors in several sessions to strategize for increased commitment for SRHR and MDGs.

In 2011, members implemented APA’s advocacy grants program. The program supports APA members in national level work, with activities focused on increased commitment and resources to achieve universal access to reproductive health. The 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS saw APA’s work focused on the linkages with SRHR and gender equality in the region. The activities in this report show increased support for these linkages in the context of a concentrated HIV epidemic in Asia and the Pacific.

At the 4th High level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the Republic of Korea shared its development experience from net aid recipient to a net aid donor. APA joined the Forum together with political leaders, government representatives, parliamentarians, CS organisations and private sector representatives from both developing and donor countries to further the effectiveness of aid and development efforts and pursuit of the MDGs. The development and distribution of APA’s information kit on the funding gap on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive health supplies in Asia and the Pacific contributed to increased accountability and aid transparency on SRHR.

MESSAGE

APA ensured a strong presence at additional regional and global events such as: the Asia Pacific Consultation on Universal Access in Bangkok; the International Congress on Aids in Asia and the Pacific in Busan; the Commission on Population and Development in New York, the Civil Society Stakeholder Meeting on Moving Beyond 2014 in Istanbul; and the Regional Consultation on SRH/HIV Linkages in Kuala Lumpur.

This year APA welcomed IPPF East & South East Asia and Oceania Region (ESEAOR) as a new member. APA also became a member of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC). We are looking forward to strengthen our advocacy further with these partnerships. Australia Reproductive Health Alliance (Australia) and Global Focus (New Zealand) ceased operations. APA would like to offer warm thanks for their hard work and dedication.

Details of the year’s activities are outlined in this Annual Report. A heartfelt thanks goes out to all the APA members, partners and donors whose support and energy made all of these activities and collaborative efforts possible.

APA has grown into a more professional network and the strategic location of Bangkok for the Secretariat has resulted in increased cooperation and a stronger presence for APA and members at regional fora and UN meetings. We still have a long way to go, but we look forward to keep evolving and strengthening our role of advocacy and network building to advance SRHR in Asia and the Pacific in 2012.

Sumie Ishii Rose KoendersChair Executive Director

CONTENTS01 MESSAGE

02 APA’S FOCUS £SRHR in Asia Pacific £APA’s Key Focal Areas £Zooming in: SRHR and HIV

Linkages and Gender Equality

05 ADVOCACY, CAPACITY BUILDING, NETWORKING

£APA Meetings and Sessions £Regional and Global Meetings

08 NATIONAL ADVOCACY

12 STRENGTHENING THE EVIDENCE BASE

13 COMMUNICATION, GOVERNANCE

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16 STEERING COMMITTEE, MEMBERS, SECRETARIAT

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The SRHR needs remain high in this dynamic and demographically diverse region, and Asia and the Pacific are still far from achieving universal access to reproductive health (MDG5b). Globally, this region accounts for a substantive portion of the current unmet needs:

£ 44% of maternal mortality and morbidity

£ 55% of the unmet need for family planning services

Gender and power relations in society can prevent women and girls from accessing sexual and reproductive health services and information. In Asia and the Pacific, women suffer from some of the world’s lowest rates of employment, political representation, property ownership and participation.

Additionally, gender inequality, limited access to information, poverty, social marginalization and stigma are all factors that increase vulnerability to HIV and poor sexual and reproductive health, which are inextricably linked. (See page 4 for details about APA’s work on SRHR and HIV linkages.)

Despite this, in global development terms the region of Asia and the Pacific is often neglected. The Pacific, in particular, suffers from lack of evidence and data upon which to base SRHR related policies and programs.

The Alliance fosters an enhanced environment that supports sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes throughout Asia and the Pacific. APA achieves this by targeting advocacy on selected SRHR issues in the region. The key issues that APA engages on are:

£ SRHR and MDG linkages

£ Family planning and reproductive health supplies

£ Maternal health

£ HIV linkages/integration

£ Women and gender

£ Tracking and monitoring

£ ICPD+15 processes

£ Young people

APA’S FOCUS

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)

in Asia and the Pacific

APA’s Key Focal Areas

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Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (modern methods) 1990/2010 47.5 35.4 27.1 38.2 n/a 57.4 31.1 28.9 42.4 60.6 38.4 44.2 19.3 19.6 33.6 26.6 27.3 20.6 n/a 22.4 36.8 68.8

Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 100,000 live births) 340 200 290 n/a 26 240 n/a 580 n/a 65 240 380 260 250 94 n/a 100 370 n/a n/a n/a 56

Unmet Need for Family Planning (percentage) 16.8 n/a 25.1 n/a n/a 8.8 n/a 27 8.1 4.6 19.1 24.6 24.9 n/a 22.3 45.6 11.1 30.8 n/a 24.2 n/a 4.8

Prevalence of HIV (women 15-49 years old, in nationally based surveys) <0.1 <.01 0.1 n/a 0.1 <0.1 n/a 0.2 n/a <.01 0.3 0.1 <.01 0.8 <.01 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1

Gender Parity Secondary School 1.12 0.99 0.82 1.13 1.07 0.99 1.11 0.81 1.05 1.07 1.02 0.89 0.79 0.62 1.09 1.13 0.84 1 1.03 1.1 1.09 0.92

Sources: Millennium Development Goal Indicators available at http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx; UNFPA, State of the World Population 2011

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In 2011, APA focused its work on SRHR and HIV linkages with gender equality in the region. The Secretariat s t rengthened and in i t ia ted new advocacy for SRHR with a specific focus on two of the key focal areas: SRHR and HIV linkages/integration and women and gender.

APA promotes universal access to HIV and STI prevention, treatment, care and support for those in need, while advocating for integration of HIV and SRH services to improve service delivery. As well, every woman has the right to be free from all forms of discrimination and violence including gender-based violence. Ensuring access to SRH services helps address broader health and development inequit ies, and the All iance promotes gender responsive policies and programmes.

APA provides opportuni t ies for i ts members to network and collaborate. APA convenes meetings and sessions to facilitate dialogue, discuss regional trends and priorities to enhance advocacy strategies. Workshops are also organized to increase capacity in advocacy.

ADVOCACY, CAPACITY BUILDING,

NETWORKING

APA was one of the lead organizations to establish the Unzip coalition, along with the civil society organizations: 7Sisters; Asia Pacific Network of People living with HIV (APN+); Asia Pacific Council of Aids Service Organizations (APCASO);

Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW); Caram Asia;

and International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, Asia Pacific (ICW-AP),

along with UN partners.

Zooming in: SRHR and HIV Linkages and

Gender Equality

“Unzip the Lips: A New Coalition on Key

Affected Women and Girls in the Asia-Pacific Region” was initiated

this year. Galvanized to provide a voice for key affected groups of women

and girls in the HIV epidemic in the region of Asia Pacific, it aims

to help define and add to the evidence base for

these groups.

Unzip the Lips was rolled out at the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10) in Busan, the Republic of Korea, in August. A Women’s Civil Society Forum was held in the run-up to the conference, and approximately 45 women from all over the region participated. SRHR was highlighted as a fundamental human right in the final Civil Society Statement, which was read in front of global leaders at the opening ceremony of ICAAP10.

Two sessions were organized during the conference: ‘Unzip the Lips, Meaningful participation of key affected women and girls in national HIV responses’ was an intimate session which focused on the sharing of experiences by key affected women from Asia and the Pacific, and ‘Money Talks’ a Donor NGO dialogue session, which was opened by the Vice President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and included representation from the Global Fund, Open Society Institute (OSI), an Australian Parliamentarian, and two NGO delegates from ICW-AP and the Center for Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI).

APA participates in regular meetings of a regional UN Interagency Task Team (IATT) on Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, which includes representatives from development partners UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN WOMEN, and key civil society organizations.

Through involvement with UNZIP and IATT advocacy for key affected women and girls in the HIV epidemic in Asia and the Pacific has been strengthened.

APA Regional Workshop on Strategic Planning Tools for Advocacy 25 APA members and developing country partners from the region participated in a workshop to introduce strategic planning tools and enhance advocacy skills to increase funding for family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH). The workshop was organized by APA and Family Planning International (FPI), and facilitated by the Futures Group. The tools are models that can be used to package demographic data to convince donors to invest in FP/RH to achieve development goals, and are available in the Resources section of the APA website.

Jill Sheffield, President of Women Deliver, was invited to a special session which explored strategies for MDG5 advocacy and avenues of engagement with the Women Deliver platform.

An evening reception provided an opportunity for networking and relationship building among civil society and with donors. APA welcomed additional attendees including the Youth Coalition; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Women’s Global Network of Reproductive Rights; the Population, Family and Reproductive Health Department at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and the Ford Foundation.

Participants of the ‘APA Regional Workshop on

Strategic Planning Tools for Advocacy’

APA Meetings and Sessions

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‘Will NGOs Deliver?’ session speakers at APCRSHR6

ADVOCACY, CAPACITY BUILDING, NETWORKING

Strengthening dialogue at the 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR6) APA and members organized two sessions at APCRSHR6. APA also organized a conference booth for all members to display resources and to highlight the Alliance network and the various activities of members and the secretariat geared at the promotion and fulfillment of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the region.

Raks Thai Foundation was selected to present the APA advocacy project in Thailand showing innovative ways to educate sexual and reproductive health to young people living with HIV in Northern Thailand. For more information see the chapter on advocacy grants.

“Sex & Money: What Drives Donors to Invest in SRHR” was an interactive session organized to draw a clear understanding on donors’ policies over global health and linkages with SRHR, and what donors with NGOs can achieve together from a rights-based perspective. The session was organized by APA with the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD), Pathfinder International and IPPF ESEAOR. Representatives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) spoke about their investments in family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH).

“Will NGOs Deliver?” was a strategic session organized by APA, the Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP) and Family Planning International (FPI) to bring together NGOs to discuss strengthening evidence and advocacy efforts to ensure SRHR issues are included and prioritized in development agendas and by funding agencies. The chair of the session was Suzanne Ehlers, Population Action International (PAI), and APA members Sumie Ishii (JOICFP), Jackie Edmund (FPI), and Liping Mian (Youth Coalition) shared strategies from a donor, a Pacific and a youth perspective. The Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), and Women Deliver also joined to provide a women-centered and a maternal health perspective respectively.

Working towards the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) 2012 In collaboration with WPF Rutgers Indonesia, APA coordinated advocacy efforts for the CPD in 2012, and organized an NGO consultation in Yogyakarta during APCRSHR6. Following the meeting, representatives met with the co-chair of the CPD 2012 (Indonesia) to deliver key messages.

Asia Pacific Consultation on Universal Access A regional consultation in the lead up to the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV/AIDS was held in Bangkok in March 2011. APA developed key recommendations for country delegates and civil society to highlight the importance of linking HIV/AIDS with SRHR and gender equality in achieving universal access in Asia and the Pacific. In total, 47 endorsements were collected. Most recommendations were included in the final outcome document of the Civil Society Forum and in the draft Final Resolution, but language was weakened in the Final Resolution itself.

Commission on Population and Development (CPD) FPI attended the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) in 2011. APA supported the oral statement submitted by FPI highlighting the unmet sexual and reproductive health needs in the Pacific.

10th International Congress on Aids in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10) APA members AFPPD, Africa Japan Forum (AJF), ICOMP, Planned Population Federation of Korea (PPFK) and Raks Thai Foundation attended ICAAP10 which was held in August in Busan, Korea. Prior to the Congress, APA co-organized the Women’s CivilSociety Forum. SRHR was highlighted as a fundamental human right in the final Civil Society Statement, which was read at the opening ceremony of the Conference. Together with APCASO and ICW-AP, APA organized ‘Money Talks’, a Donor NGO dialogue, and the session was opened by the Vice President of the ADB. ‘Unzip the Lips, meaningful participation of key affected women and girls in national HIV responses’ was also organized by APA in cooperation with APCASO, ARROW, Caram Asia, and ICW-AP.

Regional and Global Meetings

Moving Beyond 2014: A Civil Society Stakeholder Meeting APA members JOICFP, the International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP), and Pathfinder International, along with the APA Secretariat, attended the Civil Society Stakeholder Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, in December 2011. At the meeting strategies were shared among participants to strengthen the ICPD operational review process and increase cooperation between civil society and UNFPA.

Aid Effectiveness Workshop and the 4th High Level Forum (HLF-4) In cooperation with PAI, APA organized a workshop on Aid Effectiveness prior to the Steering Committee meeting in May 2011, and in the lead up to the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) that was held in the Republic of Korea.

APA and PAI were elected as accredited civil society (CS) participants for the HLF-4 including a Global CS Forum. APA, IPPF, Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevolkerung (DSW), and PAI joined hands with health and development NGOs in the Busan Health Working Group. APA also contributed to discussions on the impact of the aid effectiveness agenda on SRHR.

Regional Consultation on SRH/HIV Linkages APA was invi ted to part ic ipate in a consultation to discuss SRH/HIV Linkages held in Malaysia in December 2011, organized by UNFPA APRO and IPPF ESEAOR. The meeting provided a chance for NGOs and community groups to join government and UN experts in an exchange of experiences and findings amongst countries implementing the Rapid Assessment Tool (RAT) for SRH and HIV linkages. The final report identified key actions to be undertaken by various partners in order to increase country commitments for 2012.

Participants of the Women’s Civil Society Forum

at ICAAP10

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AUSTRALIA Enhancing MDG5b in the PacificNATIONAL ADVOCACY

APA supports national advocacy in the region. APA provides grants to its members to encourage strategic and targeted campaigns to increase resources and improve donor policies.

Most projects of the 9th cycle of the APA Advocacy Grants Programme were implemented in 2011. The theme of the 9th cycle focused on awareness raising and encouraging political and financial commitment for MDG5b, universal access to reproductive health. A total of 5 grants were distributed amongst APA’s focal countries: Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, and Thailand. The grants are a maximum of USD 33,000 each.

Members of an Independent Review Panel assessed the grant proposals. Special thanks go to Katherine McDonald, Sono Aibe and staff at UNFPA APRO for providing technical assistance.

The Forum resulted in recommendations including: a commitment to explore a model to enable future collaboration on SRHR issues in the Pacific; a proposal to jointly develop a ‘Call to Action’ paper on MDG5b targeted at key decision makers and donors working across the Pacific; mapping advocacy opportunities and development of action plans that target major Pacific based meetings and forums of decision makers; a call to support small Pacific-based Family Planning organisations with capacity building and mentoring to enable them to develop and implement advocacy initiatives at their national level.

Sexual Health & Family Planning Australia (SH&FPA), in collaboration with FPI, organized the ‘Family Planning Pacific Forum’, with the goal of enhancing the achievement of and commitment to MDG5b in the Pacific region. The multi-stakeholder meeting was organized in cooperation with Family Planning NSW in Sydney from 15 – 16 November. 47 participants attended both days of the event, including representatives from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Timor Leste; IPPF, UNFPA, AusAID, World Bank, Marie Stopes International, Burnet Institute, and Australian and Papua New Guinean politicians.

JAPAN Building a Civil Society Coalition

Africa Japan Forum (AJF) in collaboration with the Korean NGO Network against Global Poverty (GCAP) aimed to create a civil society coalition among the G20 Asia and the Pacific member countries, to ensure that countries Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea work on sexual and reproductive health and rights and the MDGs. The project also aimed to strengthen Japan’s contribution for health-related MDGs and sexual and reproductive health and rights in both policy and aid through civil society advocacy.

The coa l i t ion coord inated and strengthen advocacy on MDGs and SRHR the global and national level. Through coordination of efforts at key internat ional e v e n t s , t h e G 2 0 a n d t h e 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness; the relationship between Japan and Korea civil society working on HIV/AIDS was strengthened. Civil society pushed important advocacy points including transparency, ownership, universal access, rights, and other issues linked to SRHR.

Tragically, in March 2011, the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan heavily impacted the country with nearly 20,000 lives lost or unknown. The Japanese government concentrated financial resources for relief and reconstruction of the Tsunami-affected area, and this resulted in a 10% cut in ODA. In response, AJF organized the ‘Ishinomaki International Festival’ to increase grassroots level solidarity to fight disaster and poverty, in Japan and in developing countries. Three community leaders from Asia, Africa and Middle-east to were invited to hardest-hit area of Tsunami (Ishinomaki) for the event, and ‘Stand Up’ against global poverty was formed.

At the national level efforts concentrated on Japan’s

Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) reform process and Tokyo International

Conference on African Development (TICAD). TICAD has become a major global framework

for Asia and Africa to collaborate in promoting Africa’s development.

Relationships have been strengthened with key policymakers, and over 30 members attended meetings

held with civil society on the MDGs and Japan’s ODA.

Participants were able to strengthen and build upon existing relationships,

as well as establish new linkages and networks. A stakeholder

mapping of SRHR in the Pacific was also undertaken following the Forum, to identity all of the

MDG5b related projects and initiatives in

the region.

Participants of the ‘Family Planning Pacific Forum’

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NATIONAL ADVOCACY GRANTS

THAILAND Promoting Reproductive Health of Youth Living with HIV/AIDS

NEW ZEALAND Study Tour to the Solomon Islands

The Planned Population Federation of Korea (PPFK) in collaboration with Republic of Korea members aimed to increase understanding of SRHR and MDG5b among target groups and the general public, and gain their support for these issues. The advocacy work capitalized on three international events held in the Republic of Korea in 2011: the 21st International Youth Forum, the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10) and the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4). In cooperation with other organizations and agencies the PPFK organized special discussions on SRHR and MDG5b during those events using the opportunity to garner attention and commitment to achieve MDG5b.

was held in Busan from 26 – 30 August. PPFK and the Korean Federation for HIV/AIDS Prevention (KAIDS) held a special session on linkages between HIV and extended

SRHR service delivery. This led to an increased understanding

among participants on the importance of an integrated approach.

a i m e d t o f i n d w a y s t o encourage young people’s involvement in achieving the Cairo Agenda, and

was held in Seoul and Chungcheong Province from

18 – 25 August 2010. One month prior to the forum PPFK held a preparation workshop for 50 local participants to familiarize them with the Cairo Agenda and related issues. At the Youth Forum PPFK helped organize four sessions on SRHR issues, including one with APA on MDG5b. 125 youth participants from 39 different countries participated in the Forum. Afterwards, the number of participants reporting a high/very high understanding increased by over 25% in each of the issues of MDG5b and the Cairo Agenda.

aimed to review progress on implementing the principles of the Paris Declaration, f rom 29 November – 1 December 2011, with over 3000 delegates in

attendance. PPFK worked with the Korean Civil Society

Forum on International Development Cooperation (KOFID), from the end of G20 until the HLF-4, and organized a preparation workshop for HLF-4 with APA. PPFK participated in the HLF-4 to call for more investment into SRHR globally.

Raks Thai Foundation focused on the promotion of strong networks among and for youth living with HIV/AIDS (YLHA) and their sexual and reproductive health. A series of youth-led activities were organized, in order to help youth in managing their HIV infection as they transition through adolescence, and provide support for the network to promote peer-based assistance and mentoring for inner strength.

This included support for the YLHA network to implement activities geared towards promoting sexual and reproductive health, enhancing understanding with partners and the public in order to reduce stigma and discrimination, improving reproductive health policy and the promotion of solidarity among provincial, regional and nat ional level partners on RH issues.

The YLHA peer leaders were able to create a network among themselves called the Raks Thai Power Teen Network. The peer leaders developed skills as resource persons and successfully mobilized budget support for a “Youth Power V” initiative in 2012 to expand on the concepts and skills-building camps. And three YLHA peer leaders attended APCRSHR6 in Indonesia in October, sharing the results of the project in two presentations.

Jackie Blue, MP from New Zealand, presented her experiences from the study tour to the

New Zea land Par l iamentar ians ’ Group on Popu la t ion and Deve lopment (NZPPD) ,

as well as speaking at a United Nations Association of New Zealand (UNANZ) forum. Jackie Blue has also been quoted on national radio several times talking about her experiences in the Solomon Islands, and encouraging further investment in reproductive health.

The 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia

and the Pacific (ICAAP10)

The 21st International Youth Forum

The 4th High Level

Forum on Aid Effectiveness

(HLF-4)

REPUBLIC OF KOREA Increasing Awareness of SRHR and MDG5b

Jackie Blue with the staff of the Christian Care Centre,

Solomon Islands.

Family Planning International (FPI), in collaboration with New Zealand members, organized a study tour to increase awareness, understanding and commitment to action, as well an increase the advocacy capacity of the participants. The study tour to the Solomon Islands from took place 5 – 10 July 2011. The delegation included a Member of Parliament, three journalists, along with two FPI staff members.

The study tour successfully increased the advocacy capacity of all those who participated, through witnessing the sexual and reproductive health and rights issues in the Solomon Islands, by interacting with people experiencing those challenges, and those seeking to address them. Participants of the study tour self-reported improved understanding of SRHR issues and challenges on the ground in the Solomon Islands, and an ability to speak knowledgably on SRHR issues. They noted an enhanced understanding of the importance of MDGs 3, 5, and especially 5b; and saw the connection between SRHR and sustainable economic development.

“This study tour brought home to me how important

it is to address sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the many, many

benefits this will have across the region – one of which will be improving maternal health.”

YLHA Peer Leaders

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Summary Report on the Strategies for Key Affected Women and GirlsAPA, Citizen News Service (CNS) and the SEA-AIDS eForum Resource Team facilitated an online consultation in August, to identify strategies to address the needs and rights of key affected women and girls in HIV and AIDS programmes in Asia and the Pacific. The summary report had wide media coverage and was published in 16 different news media, as well as reaching the Today’s News clips of UNAIDS New York, and was presented at ICAAP10.

Research on SRHR Advocacy with ASEANA new research with the aim of identifying entry points for future advocacy initiatives with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the fulfillment and promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the region was initiated at the end of this year. Results and recommendations will be published in 2012.

GOVERNANCEAPA is governed by an elected Steering Committee. The Alliance was strengthened in this year by the addition of supporting member organization IPPF ESEAOR. APA was also approved as member of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC).

STRENGTHENING THE EVIDENCE

BASE

APA supports evidence-based research

in order to strengthen regional advocacy work. Advocacy work is more effective and powerful

when supported by reliable data.

Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Saves Women’s LivesAPA developed an Advocacy Information Kit on MDG5, sexual and reproductive health and supplies and the funding gap in Asia and the Pacific. The information kit was based on the report ‘Making Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Count: Asia and Pacific Resource Flows Project 2010’ and is part of APA’s advocacy efforts to improve international assistance policies and priorities and to provide important comparative data at the regional level.

Building Women and Girls’ Global MeaningfulParticipation in the High Level Meeting (HLM) on AIDSAPA was a collaborative partner in the development of ‘Building Women and Girls’ global meaningful participation in the HLM on AIDS’ factsheet, with regional priorities for Asia and the Pacific. The ATHENA Network and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) initiated a global virtual consultation with regional partners to ensure the broadest possible engagement and representation of women in the processes leading up to the HLM on AIDS in June 2011.

All the below resources

can be found on the

APA website.

COMMUNICATIONIn 2011, APA implemented activities in line with the Communication Strategy. Communication tools such as the APA website and a fortnightly e-newsletter have proven indispensable to strengthen co-operation, foster cohesiveness, and enable members to exchange information on projects, campaigns, meetings and events. This year, 23 updates were sent out to a readership of 300, representing an increase of update recipients by 20% from 2010. The APA website was updated with the addition of a new resource section on ‘youth’.

To strengthen visibility APA banners were developed and used at the booths of conferences providing a common ground space for all Alliance members to display resources, share information, and showcase how NGOs from different backgrounds work together. A standard APA Power Point Presentation with advocacy messages was created in cooperation with Spitfire, a US based Consultancy organization. And in August, APA created an organizational Facebook page which has gained 75 ‘fans’, and is regularly updated with current SRHR developments and APA Member and partner events.

£ Strengthens APA networking at all levels

£ Shares evidence to support regional and national advocacy

£ Increases APA outreach to relevant constituencies

£ Enhances corporate communications

APA’S COMMUNICATION

STRATEGY

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APA is supported by donors during different grant periods as reflected in the financial report. APA works in partnership with the

PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND (PPAT)

while in the process of official registration with the Royal Thai Government. APA is thankful for PPAT’s continued assistance.

Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2011As at 31 December 2011 Currency: US$

SECTION A

CASH FLOW

PACKARD-2010 HEWLETT PAI Bank Interest TOTAL

Opening Balance – – – – –

Add : Fund received 600,000.00 250,000.00 32,000.00 5,630.93 887,630.93

Subtract : Expenses as at 31 December 2011 (486,655.56) (238,188.23) (32,000.00) – (756,843.79)

Subtract : Deposit for office rental (4,898.82) – – – (4,898.82)

Closing Balance as at 31 December 2011 108,445.62 11,811.77 – 5,630.93 125,888.32

SECTION B

FUND BALANCE

GRANTOR BUDGET ACTUAL BALANCE % SPENT

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation 1. Secretariat and Coordination 334,234.00 263,187.65 71,046.35

Core Grant

Grant period: 1 April 2010 – 31 March 2012

5. Grants programme for national advocacy 180,000.00 162,235.18 17,764.82

6. Website and Communications 85,766.00 61,232.73 24,533.27

Total 600,000.00 486,655.56 113,344.44 81.11%

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 1. Coordination 30,000.00 29,454.15 545.85

Capacity Building and Advocacy

Grant period: 17 March 2008 – 31 March 2012

2. Meetings / Workshops 181,000.00 186,754.01 (5,754.01)

3. Training materials 39,000.00 21,980.07 17,019.93

Total 250,000.00 238,188.23 11,811.77 95.28%

Population Action International (PAI) 1. Capacity Development Pacific 28,400.00 28,899.99 (499.99)

NGO Advocacy on RH Supplies Asia and the Pacific

Grant period: 1 February 2010 – 31 July 2011

2. Coordinating Mechanisms 2,500.00 – 2,500.00

3. Advocacy Materials 1,100.00 3,100.01 (2,000.01)

Total 32,000.00 32,000.00 – 100.00%

GRAND TOTAL 882,000.00 756,843.79 125,156.21 85.81%

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STEERING COMMITTEE

2011

Sumie Ishii (CHAIR) Japan Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP)

Montri Pekanan (VICE-CHAIR) Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand (PPAT)

Suzanne Ehlers Population Action International (PAI)

Joanne Ramadge Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia (SH&FPA)

Jackie Edmond Family Planning International New Zealand (FPI)

Young Ok Youn Planned Population Federation of Korea (PPPK)

Lana Dakan the David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Wasim Zaman International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP)

MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

AUSTRALIA Burnet InstituteMarie Stopes International Australia (MSI Australia)Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia (SH&FPA)

JAPAN Africa Japan Forum (AJF)Conservation International (CI)Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP)Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (OISCA)

NEW ZEALAND Family Planning International (FPI)Positive WomenNew Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF)

REPUBLIC OF KOREA Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM)Korea Women’s Development Institute (KWDI)Planned Parenthood Federation of Korea (PPFK)National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea (NCYOK)

THAILAND Raks Thai Foundation / Care ThailandPlanned Parenthood Association of Thailand (PPAT)Population and Community Development Association (PDA)

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD)Asian Forum of Parliamentarians for Population and Development (AFPPD)International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP)Pathfinder International International Planned Parenthood Federation East & South East Asia and

Oceania Region (IPPF ESEAOR)Population Action International (PAI)Youth Coalition (YC)

SECRETARIAT STAFF

Rose Koenders Executive Director

Mae-anne Llanza / Alexandra Johns

Advocacy and Communications Officer

Suwanna Promchan / Benchawan Pongurgsorn

Finance and Administration Officer

APA WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM THANKS TO:

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

and

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

and

Population Action International

It is with their support that the Asia Pacific Alliance can continue its advocacy initiatives and activities towards the promotion and fulfillment of sexual and reproductive health and rights

in Asia and the Pacific.

PHOTO CREDITS

FRONT COVER Sumi Subramaniam, Rose KoendersPAGE 05 Kencanaphoto, IndonesiaPAGE 06 Kioko ShiotaPAGE 07 anonymousPAGE 08 Family Planning NSWPAGE 10 Branwen MillarPAGE 11 Rose Koenders

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