WPS-ASEAN

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.

Initiatives

ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security

Latest
News and Stories

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 […]

Our
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! 

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 […]