Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees

The implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda in ASEAN has led to collaboration across sectors in different modalities. The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) and the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW) have been pivotal to ASEAN’s collective efforts in mainstreaming women’s rights and gender equality in peace and security.
The Women Peace Security Advisory Group was formed in October 2019 and currently comprising members from ACW and ACWC. Members of the Advisory Group can be expanded to relevant sectoral bodies from three ASEAN Community pillars: Social-Cultural Community, Political-Security Community and Economic Community, to promote cross-sectoral actions and capacity building to enhance operational linkages to existing frameworks and policies (e.g. disaster prevention and management, defence and security, and women economic empowerment, among others.
The ASEAN Women for Peace Registry was launched in 2018 to create a pool of experts to support the implementation of the Joint Statement on Promoting Women, Peace and Security in ASEAN.
The ASEAN WPS Advisory Group was established in 2023 as a regional coordination mechanism to coordinate and oversee the implementation of the RPA, chaired by ACW Cambodia and comprised of eight ASEAN Sectoral Bodies and Institutions across all three ASEAN Community Pillars.

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