Final Evaluation: Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace: Preventing Violence and Promoting Social Cohesion in ASEAN
Publication Date: February 3, 2026
Total Pages: 71
Organization: UN Women
Languages: English
Country/Region: Southeast Asia
Topic Area: Gender Mainstreaming, Gender equality and women’s empowerment
Year: 2026
Resource Type: Reports
Abstract
The regional project “Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace – Preventing Violence and Promoting Social Cohesion in ASEAN” (WPS ASEAN project) builds on a long-standing partnership between UN Women and ASEAN and responds to the 2021 ASEAN Regional Study on Women, Peace and Security (WPS).
Funded by the Governments of Canada, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the project was launched in February 2021 following an inception phase earlier that year. Hosted by UN Women’s Indonesia Country Office (CO), which also serves as the ASEAN Liaison Office, the project aims to consolidate the regional WPS framework, strengthen institutional capacities, and create an enabling environment for WPS implementation across ASEAN Member States. It operates through four outcome areas focused on enhancing regional policy development, institutional capacity-building, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and national-level implementation and monitoring of WPS policies.
