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The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women (ACWC) is a part of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, militar ...
(ASEAN) and was created in 2010 in order to develop policies and programs to benefit women and children in countries that make up ASEAN.


About

The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women (ACWC) was established on April 7, 2010, in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. Calls for the creation of ACWC had started as early as 2004 and the scope was decided by 2009. ACWC was established "to promote and protect the rights of women and children to ensure their equitable development in the region." ACWC as an organization is able to monitor other
Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, militar ...
(ASEAN) objectives as they relate to women and children. Each country that is part of ASEAN sends two representatives to ACWC. Representatives serve for three years and can only serve two terms. There are currently twenty representatives who meet twice a year. The first representatives met in February 2011 in
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. The first chairs were Kanda Vajrabhaya and Ahmad Taufan Damanik. ACWC sends an annual report to the ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Social Welfare Development and a copy to the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW). ACWC has drafted declarations against violence done to women and children, first presented in 2013. The declaration, called the ACWC Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the Elimination of Violence Against Children, has been used to expand on provisions set out by the
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(UNSC) through the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. ACWC also presents workshops and other types of training to member states. Other areas of interest to ACWC include education, ending
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and mitigating the
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and war on both women and children.


Notable representatives

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Aline Wong Aline Wong (born Kan Lai Chung, in 1941) is a Singaporean sociologist and former politician. She was one of the first women Parliament members in Singapore, elected in 1984. She went on to have a career in both politics and education. In 2001, s ...
, representative from
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
in 2010.


See also

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, militar ...
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ASEAN Charter The ASEAN Charter is a constituent instrument of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It was adopted at the 13th ASEAN Summit in November 2007. Framing the ASEAN charter: an ISEAS perspective
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ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) was inaugurated in October 2009 as a consultative body of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The human rights commission exists to promote and protect human rights, and ...


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External links


Official site
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