Acknowledgements.The Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) would like to thank the staff of all the eight partners of the Women's Health and Rights Advocacy Partnership who over the past five years for creating a growing sub-regional advocacy partnership that works towards improving the quality of sexual and reproductive health and rights for marginalised women in South Asia. We would like to specifically thank the key persons in the WHRAP South Asia project: * Julia Ahmed, Jahanara Sadeque and Leena chakma from the Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition (BWHC BWHC Babcock & Wilcox Hanford Company ), Bangladesh. * Shireen Huq, Samia Afrin and Nazmoon Nahar from Naripokkho, Bangladesh. * Indu Capoor, Pallavi Patel and Smita Bajpai from the Centre for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA), India. * Jashodhara Dasgupta, Susheela D. Singh and Shakuntala Joshi from SAHAYOG, India. * Anjana Shakya, Sewa Singh, Boby Karmacharya, Sirjana Shah, Shilpa Pradhanang from the Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC), Nepal. * Khawar Mumtaz, Samra Arif and Naureen Tawakkal from Shirkat Gah, Pakistan. * Henny Hanson, Lotte Jensen, Caecilie Bom Kahama and Elisabeth Riber Christensen from the Danish Family Planning Association This article is about the UK charity. For the Hong Kong organisation, see The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong. The Family Planning Association, also known as fpa, is a UK registered charity (number 250187) working to promote sexual health. (DFPA DFPA Defense Fire Protection Association DFPA Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America DFPA Dual Frequency Patch Antenna DFPA Digital Focal Plane Array ). * Saira Shameem, Rashidah Abdullah, Norlela Shahrani, Nalini Keshavraj, Rodelyn Marte, Nandita Solomon, Luciana Rodrigues, Jenny Acton, Kamayani Bali Mahabal and Rosnani Hitam from ARROW, Malaysia. Over the years, many able and distinguished people have contributed their energy, intelligence and creativity to WHRAP. We would like to thank them: * Kausar Khan * Ranjani Krishnamurthy * Sundari Ravindran * Mary Lourdes Tiquia * M. Prakasamma * Akhila Sivdas * Sunila Abeysekara * Suresh Mariaselvam * Sonali Mohapatra * Chitra Nirula * Jakob Jespersen * Ananda Ananda (flourished 6th century BC, India) First cousin and disciple of the Buddha. A monk who served as the Buddha's personal attendant, he became known as the “beloved disciple.” It was Ananda who persuaded the Buddha to allow women to become nuns. Ranathunge * Anoma Jayathilake * Dulitha N Fernando * KA Jayaratna * Karandagoda * Lakshmen Senanayake * Nisha Arunatilake * Renu Khanna * Rohana Hathotuwa * Rukshan Fernandopulle * Saradha Hemapriya * Sepali Kottegoda We are also grateful to the consultants and resource persons who provided their expertise and support to this publication: * Ranjani Krishnamurthy * Neha Madhiwalla * Sundari Ravindran The following ARROW team members gave substantive editorial support to this publication: * Saira Shameem * Sivananthi Thanenthiran * Luciana Rodrigues for the Pakistan chapter. * Maria Melinda Ando for the Bangladesh chapter. * Michelle Rogers for the Nepal chapter. * Sai See Statement of Additional Information. Jyothi Racherla for the India chapters. * Phan Thi Uyen and Suloshini Jahanath for the endnotes of all the chapters. We are also thankful to TM Ali Basir, the graphic designer for his creative vision. This publication would not have been possible without the support of the Danish Family Planning Association (DFPA) and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ARROW also receives core funding support for our work from OXFAM-Novib and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Sida (sometimes SIDA but not officially spelled with capital letters) is a Swedish governmental agency that answers to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida is an acronym for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (or in Swedish (SIDA). |
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