Women’s Caucus Submission on the AHRD to AICHR

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.

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 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.

Further Reading

• Media Releases for the Women’s Caucus
• Petition to ensure women’s human rights are part of ASEAN
• Reports from the Women’s Caucus
• ASEAN’s New Human Rights Mechanisms
• Strategies of the Women’s Caucus
• Women’s Caucus Current Initiatives
• ASEAN and the Women’s Caucus – Women Driving the Program