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How the Asia Network to End FGM/C was formed

How the Asia Network to End FGM/C was formed

ARROW's Executive Director Sivananthi Thanenthiran (far left) and Orchid Project founder Julia Lalla-Maharajh (second from left) announce plans to co-develop an Asia Network to End FGM/C at the Women Deliver Conference in June 2019 in Vancouver, Canada.
ARROW's Executive Director Sivananthi Thanenthiran (far left) and Orchid Project founder Julia Lalla-Maharajh (second from left) announce plans to co-develop an Asia Network to End FGM/C at the Women Deliver Conference in June 2019 in Vancouver, Canada.

The Asia Network to End FGM/C is a collaboration between Malaysia-based regional feminist NGO, the Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and Orchid Project, a global NGO working to end female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C).

After teaming up in June 2019, we announced our support for the development of a network to end FGM/C in Asia at Women Deliver 2019.

Through a five-month consultation in 2019 with activists, civil society organisations, researchers and survivors from across the Asia region, we identified strong support for a regional network bringing together different actors working on FGM/C. There was also a rallying call to bring much needed attention, prioritisation, and adequate resourcing to the issue across Asia.

Our Network now comprises over 100 members across 13 countries in the Asia region. Our members are activists, civil society organisations, survivors, researchers, medical professionals, journalists and religious leaders. We are committed to working collaboratively together to promote the abandonment of all forms of FGM/C across the Asia region.

 

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