ASEAN continues to work in the following areas to achieve transformative change:

• promote cooperation to safeguard women’s economic well-being and welfare, thereby, enabling them to become catalysts for sustainable peace, harmony and prosperity;
• encourage enhanced role of women in political leadership in their respective communities and countries, across all decision-making contexts to steer efforts towards sustainable peace, stability and security;
• foster women’s transformative roles in peace processes at the community, national and regional levels;
• synergize efforts at the national, regional and global level as well as to facilitate cooperation and collaboration with all stakeholders; and
• intensify cooperation with ASEAN’s external partners, the United Nations and other regional and international organisations in the joint efforts to advance the WPS agenda, through strengthening global networks for women in peace and security.