Year: 2024
ASEAN Guidelines for Provision of Protective and Support Services for All Child Victims and Children in Contact with the Law as a Result of Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
The ASEAN Guidelines for Provision of Protective and Support Services for All Child Victims and Children in Contact with the Law as a Result of Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse are an important milestone towards increasing the prosperity, connectivity, resilience, and security of children of ASEAN Member States. Taken as a whole, the Guidelines […]
Regional Plan of Action for the Protection of Children from All Forms of Online Exploitation and Abuse in ASEAN 2021-2025
The ASEAN Guidelines for Harmonised and Comprehensive National Legislation Against All Forms of Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse are an important milestone towards increasing the prosperity, connectivity, resilience, and security of children of ASEAN Member States. Download Pdf
Investing in women’s and children’s rights towards a safe and inclusive ASEAN Community
JAKARTA, 25 April 2024 – Investing on empowering women and children is crucial to scale up efforts to promote and protect women’s rights and children’s rights in the region. On the occasion of the 28th ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) Meeting, the representatives emphasized the need […]
The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) Accomplishment Report 2010-2020: A Decade of Championing The Rights of Women and Children in ASEAN
At the 10th ASEAN Summit held in November 2004, the ASEAN Leaders adopted the Vientiane Action Programme 2004-2010 (VAP) which, among others, called for the establishment of an ASEAN commission on the promotion and protection of the rights of women and children. The ACWC has been successful in mobilising political consensus to reach an agreement […]
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACCELERATE AGMSF IMPLEMENTATION
This policy recommendation document is specifically looking at the progress of the implementation of ASEAN Gender Mainstreaming Framework (AGMSF) 2021-2025, that identify key elements and action plan on its implementation by ASEAN Sectoral Bodies (ASBs) in the Socio – Cultural Community. This policy recommendation refers to the result of the Chairman Statements at the 42nd […]
ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security
Implementing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has long been recognised as essential to achieving sustainable peace and prosperity in the ASEAN region. ASEAN member states remain committed to gender equality and the full protection of women’s rights. They also remain steadfast in their aim to maintain regional peace, address shared security concerns and […]
ASEAN Gender Mainstreaming Strategic Framework 2021–2025
In recent years, there has been increased recognition of the critical importance of gender equal- ity and women’s empowerment to sustainable development, and as a result, increased commitment to institutionalising gender mainstreaming approaches by governments and international and regional or- ganisations. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)now include a dedicated Goal—Goal 5—on gender equality, and in […]