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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What Ambassadors Say: Why Women Matter in Diplomacy
June 24, 2025
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On the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, four Southeast Asian Ambassadors reflect on their […]
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, […]
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Viet Nam Hosts High-Level Forum to Promote Women’s Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
June 13, 2025
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Ha Noi, Viet Nam – 12 June 2025 – Today, the Ministry of Public Security […]
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 […]
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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!
Civil Society Organization Peace Award Ceremony and Launching of Catalogue of Good Practices by Civil Society Organizations on Women, Peace and Security in Southeast Asia
June 16, 2025
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have been instrumental in driving forward the Women, Peace and Security […]
National Parliamentary Dialogue on Promoting Women’s Political Participation and Leadership (WPPL)
June 3, 2025
Southeast Asia has made notable progress in advancing gender equality, particularly in women’s political participation […]
Training to Partners on Narrative and Financial Report Development
June 3, 2025
Grounded in the vision of equality articulated in the United Nations Charter, the United Nations […]
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