Women Peace and Security
in ASEAN
The regional project, ‘Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace: Preventing Violence and Promoting Social Cohesion in ASEAN (2021-2025)’, supports efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its 10 Member States to promote gender equality and to respond to an increasingly widespread call across the globe for women to be empowered to lead and participate in peace and development.
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ASEAN representatives reconvene to discuss ways to promote women and peace agenda in Member States
May 16, 2025
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Jakarta, Indonesia – A second multi-nation workshop has been convened to support Member States of the […]
Strengthening capacities of government and CSO actors to advance Women, Peace and Security in ASEAN through the second “NAP Academy” training workshop
April 11, 2025
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Jakarta, Indonesia – In the heart of Jakarta, the second National Action Plan (NAP) Women, […]
Two new initiatives launched on gender equality and peacebuilding in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces
March 26, 2025
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Bangkok and Narathiwat, Thailand — Two new community-based initiatives were launched during a recent mission to […]
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Empowering Vietnamese Policewomen: An International Conference on Strengthening Capacity of Women in Law Enforcement
March 6, 2025
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English | Vietnamese [For immediate release] 7 March 2025 Hanoi, Vietnam –– In celebration of […]
Women in Leadership and Diplomacy Forum 2025: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.
January 23, 2025
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Dili, Timor-Leste – This evening, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Secretariat of State […]
Take Five: “Women started to understand that their roles are not confined to household work”
August 15, 2024
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Lidia Lopes de Carvalho is Director of the National Directorate for Community Conflict Prevention of […]
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Here we gather policies, analyses, assessments, research, case studies, policy briefs, reports and other materials on women, peace and security in the ASEAN region. Search below:
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Impact
KEY RESULTS | 2021 – 2022
1,858
people trained on WPS implementation while 599 (492 women, 103 men, and 3 non-binary) reported increased knowledge and skills on WPS out of 779 respondents
15
members of ASEAN sectoral bodies and institutions reported enhanced knowledge on WPS
Upcoming
Events
Stay tuned for upcoming events on Women, Peace and Security in Southeast Asia!
Enablers and Drivers to Build Peace: From Conflict Prevention to Sustainable Peace
May 6, 2025
Malaysia’s ASEAN theme in 2025 is centred around inclusivity and sustainability. As the AICHR Chair, […]
National Workshop on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment for the Localisation of WPS Agenda and SDG 5 for National and Provincial Authorities
May 6, 2025
Thailand has legally advanced women’s rights and gender equality by ratifying the Convention on the […]
Women, Peace and Security Training Programme of ASEAN-IPR
April 28, 2025
Since 2021, ASEAN-IPR initiated the development of training modules specifically aimed at equipping relevant government […]
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