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APA
2015-2016
Report
MESSAGE
Envision. Revitalize. Evolve.
These are just a few of the words that come to mind when thinking of the last two years.
For the world, it was the culmination of years of advocacy efforts for human rights-
based sustainable development into Agenda 2030, with 17 Sustainable Development
Goals and 169 targets.
For APA, it was a time to revitalize and recoalesce our mandate in alignment with this
new 15 year global development agenda. An ambitious organizational effectiveness
review process was completed in 2015, resulting in a new vision and membership
strategy for the network, which was unrolled in 2016.
Our new mission is to mobilize civil society advocacy across the region to hold
governments and other stakeholders accountable for their obligations and
commitments to realize the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all persons
in Asia and the Pacific.
APA opened membership to the entire region of Asia and the Pacific and is excited
to be seeking new civil society members that envision a world where the SRHR of all
people are fulfilled. In 2016, we were happy to welcome several new members to the
alliance – from Australia, Pakistan, and Thailand. We look forward to continuing to
grow in 2017.
APA moves into this coming year with a renewed focus on ensuring the accountability
of governments and other stakeholders for SRHR commitments, as the regional voice
for SRHR accountability in Asia Pacific.
We wish to thank all of our members and partners for their energy and contributions
to the network over the past two years. In particular, we would like to thank the
donors, advocates and other stakeholders who contributed to APA’s organizational
effectiveness review, and to former Executive Director Kabir Singh for his leadership
during the second phase of the project.
Finally, we would like to extend a very special thanks to the Planned Parenthood
Association of Thailand (PPAT), for their continued support of the APA Coordinating
Office in Bangkok.
Jackie Edmond
Chair
Alexandra Johns
Executive Director
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