UN Women

Published purpose

The project aims to ensure better protection of women's and children's rights in member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) through effective human rights mechanisms such as the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission for Human Rights and the ASEAN Commission on Women and Children. The project develops the institutional capacity, functions, and structures of both Commissions. At the same time, it enhances the capacity of organizations and networks in the ASEAN region that interact with these two Commissions and that have a critical role in ensuring they both fulfil their mandates to promote gender equality and protect women's and children's rights. Activities include: supporting civil society dialogues with the ASEAN committees and other relevant bodies; undertaking a study on the use and the impact of existing regional mechanisms on the promotion and protection of women's rights; and supporting the consultative workshops of relevant ASEAN bodies on the terms of reference of the ASEAN human rights commissions.