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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Take Five: “Where women are active and playing a leading role, peace is sustainable and democracy lasts”
March 16, 2023
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Amina Rasul is President of the Philippines Center for Islam and Democracy (PCID) and Chair […]
A breath of hope for Rohingya women in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
December 29, 2022
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How providing cash, piglets, and business training, as well as essential gender-based violence services, is […]
Take Five: "The contribution of women and girls to sustaining peace and security will be recognized"
November 22, 2022
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What does the adoption of ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security […]
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Viet Nam to Study National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security in Jordan and the United Kingdom
March 6, 2023
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6 March 2023, Hanoi, Viet Nam – A delegation from Viet Nam is visiting Jordan […]
In Thailand’s conflict-hit south, women community leaders are using food, education as tools for peace
December 18, 2022
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Advocates say women are key to resolving the deep south conflict, but they are still […]
Indonesian women’s ‘long and difficult’ journey to deradicalisation in fight against extremism
December 11, 2022
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Nisfi Lailatin was only a teenager when she was groomed by an extremist Muslim group, […]
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KEY RESULTS | 2021 – NOVEMBER 2022
1,446
people trained on WPS implementation while 382 (290 women, 90 men, and 2 non-binary) reported increased knowledge and skills on WPS
15
members of ASEAN sectoral bodies and institutions reported enhanced knowledge on WPS
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“Reflections and Ways Forward: Women, Peace and Security in ASEAN"
December 2, 2022
Recognising the transformative roles that women fulfil in building, maintaining, and fostering peace and security […]
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