Principles: The Southeast Asia Women’s Caucus on ASEAN, also known as
the Women’s Caucus, is committed to uphold and ensure the following three
Principles:
- Human Rights For All Above All, particularly for the more vulnerable, marginalised, disadvantaged women and girl children;
- Ensure Accountability to Women and the Peoples of Southeast Asia through independent, transparent, effective and responsive processes and structures which are consistent with Member States’ human rights obligations to protect, promote, fulfil and realise the human rights of women. This includes extraterritorial obligations and recognition of primacy of human rights over and above other obligations;
- Meaningful and Substantive Participation and Representation of Women in ASEAN which is inclusive and representative of the diverse and multiple sectors of society aimed at eliminating discrimination and ensuring substantive equality of all women in Southeast Asia.
Women’s Caucus’ submission on ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
The
South East Asian Women’s Caucus on ASEAN sent its initial submission on the
ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) to ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights (AICHR) on 21 October 2011. The submission is a result of a series
of national and regional consultation among the Women’s Caucus members, their
partners and communities. The submission highlighted among different human
rights, non-discrimination, sexual and reproductive health and rights, freedom
from violence, decent work, freedom of movement, equal rights and roles in
marriage, participation in peace processes.
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