Category Archives: ASEAN & The Women’s Caucus
Southeast Asian Women want a future with human rights and dignity
On 6-8 April 2013, Southeast Asia Women Caucus on ASEAN (Women’s Caucus) participated in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF) 2013 held in Brunei Darussalam with the theme “ASEAN: Building Our Future Together.”
PRESS RELEASE: ASEAN Human Rights Declaration Limited by ‘morality’ Say Women’s Organisations
The Southeast Asian Women´s Caucus on ASEAN has expressed disappointment in the final version of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) adopted by ASEAN leaders on 18 November 2012. The Women´s Caucus said that the Declaration has too many limitations and … Continue reading
Call to Action: Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), make her voice count!
Help ensure the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) includes women’s human rights! Please support by signing our petition below, urging the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to drop “public morality” from the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD). Click here to sign … Continue reading
Setting a new standard: How the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration should deal with ‘morality’
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) has produced a paper on “public morality” exploring the implications of including any references to ‘morality’ in ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD), particularly on women.
Responding to the draft ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: What Southeast Asian women want to see
On its 10th meeting on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD), ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) opened a session for regional civil society organisations (CSOs). During this 2nd regional consultation of AICHR with CSOs on AHRD, Asia Pacific Forum … Continue reading
CSOs make some inroads on VAW & VAC with ACWC
On its 5th meeting, the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) opened a session for both regional and national civil society organisations (CSOs).
Strike out “public morality” from the AHRD draft, SEA women urge AICHR
Erturk, CEDAW experts ask AICHR to integrate women’s human rights
CALL TO ACTION: Sign here to ensure women’s human rights are part of ASEAN
Help ensure the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) includes women’s human rights!
ACWC further opens to CSOs, WC pushes for due diligence
By Nina Somera “ACWC will maintain this open policy.”
Reparations for VAW Victims and Survivors: A Phantom Ideology?
by G. Monique van Thiel Reparations paid to victims and survivors of violence against women (VAW) by the state is a process that at this time is hardly implemented.
Annual Reports
