![]() ![]() Representatives from all ASEAN Member States, including members of the ASEAN-IPR Governing Council, the ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), participated in the Symposium. The two-day Symposium discussed the following: surfacing the plight of women and children in conflict situations the abuses women and children are exposed to, such as sexual violence, threats to their lives, identity and property, and others women and children as active participants in conflict resolution and the peace process and programs and mechanisms to ensure protection and promotion of the rights and welfare of women and children are protected during armed conflict and/or in post-conflict situations. They said that this can be implemented through activities and initiatives in education, culture, human rights, and political-security, among others, under the various ASEAN-led mechanisms. Participants also urged ASEAN to support the development of preventive measures to conflict, such as the advancement of a culture of peace and the promotion of moderation in the region. We have the chance to consolidate all the best practices and possible opportunities we can utilize to achieve that elusive piece in development which is peace, Secretary Soliman stressed.Īmbassador Buensuceso, who is the Philippine Permanent Representative to ASEAN, echoed Secretary Solimans call, suggesting that the main recommendations of the conference be forwarded to the various ASEAN mechanisms and for possible inclusion in their work programs and plans of action. Children and women are the potential strongest tools of nations in peace-building, peace-making and peace-keeping. But they must not be viewed as the weak sectors, because they are not. Women and children are the most vulnerable and most affected when fighting erupts. Soliman emphasized the need to work together to formulate a responsive framework for peace to be eventually supported by policies and programs to which every ASEAN Member State will adhere. In her message to the Symposium, then-Philippine Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon J. This was one of the key recommendations that emerged after the conclusion of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR) Symposium on the Plight of Women and Children in Conflict Situations held in Tagaytay City, the Philippines from 8-9 December 2015, which was organized by the Philippine Permanent Mission to ASEAN, headed by Ambassador Elizabeth P. Garcia, during the Symposiums opening ceremony.ĪSEAN Member States should continue undertaking activities to formulate policy recommendations, including the development and implementation of national action plans on women, peace and security in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1325, to address the needs of women and children in conflict and post-conflict situations. Heads of Delegation, speakers, moderators, members of the ASEAN-IPR Governing Council and Ambassadors pose with Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy, Hon. ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR) ‘ Symposium on the Plight of Women and Children in Conflict Situations’
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