Publications
ASEAN Guidelines for Addressing Child and Forced Marriage within the Context of Trafficking in Persons
The development of the ASEAN Guidelines for Addressing Child and Forced Marriage within the Context of Trafficking in Persons builds on the challenges identified during a series of regional forums hosted by the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC). These forums were supported by key UN […]
ASEAN Regional Study on Women, Peace and Security
ASEAN is committed to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Recognising that women are agents of change and catalysts to sustain peace, foster prosperity and safeguard social cohesion, strengthening effective mechanisms to promote this agenda becomes an increasingly important task. This goal is also in line with the region’s vision […]
ASEAN Guidelines for Addressing Child and Forced Marriage within the Context of TIP
Extreme poverty, climate change, disasters, misuse of technology, gender stereotypes and harmful practices heighten the risk of women and children being trafficked, including for the purpose of child and forced marriage. The ASEAN Gender Outlook published in 2022 noted that while child marriage rates in the region are among the lowest in the world, approximately […]
ASEAN Declarations and Statements on gender equality and women’s empowerment, social welfare and development, women’s rights and children’s rights, and rural development and poverty eradication
The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam, the Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
ASEAN Guidelines for Developing National Standard Operating Procedures for a Coordinated Response to Violence against Women and Girls
In 2015, when the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence against Women (RPA on EVAW 2016 – 2025) was adopted, ASEAN Member States had seen progress in addressing violence against women. National laws and action plans had been dedicated to the issue, and resources were allocated to implement these frameworks. Shelters, […]
ASEAN Guidelines for a Non-Violent Approach to Nurture, Care, and Development of Children in All Settings
The Convention on the Rights of the Child specifies that it is the obligation of State parties to address and eliminate the widespread prevalence and incidence of violence against children (VAC). The UN Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, outlined what has to be done to confront the major […]
ASEAN Regional Guidelines on Violence against Women and Girls Data Collection and Use
In 2015, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence against Women (ASEAN RPA on VAW) was adopted and recognized that violence against women and girls (VAWG) is an “obstacle to the social and economic development of communities and states as well as the achievement of internationally agreed-upon […]
ASEAN EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE, DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS
All ASEAN Member States (AMS) have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which has 54 articles covering four major categories of child rights, namely, the right to life, the right to protection, the right to development and the right to participation. Education is one of the major vehicles through which children […]
ACTION AGENDA ON MAINSTREAMING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (WEE) IN ASEAN
The Action Agenda aims to mainstream Women’s Economic Empowerment through innovation, trade and inclusive business, and human capital development by encouraging each ASEAN Member State to support the following actions Download Pdf
ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025
The promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, strengthening democracy, enhancing good governance and adherence to the rule of law are among ASEAN’s key principles and purposes1. Reaffirming these principles, the ASEAN Leaders adopted the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration2 (AHRD) in 2012. Along with the Phnom Penh Statement on the Adoption of the […]