JAKARTA, March 8 -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched the ASEAN Regional Study on Women, Peace and Security on March 8, International Women's Day. The ground-breaking study presents evidence-based recommendations to support member states in enhancing women's meaningful participation in peacebuilding and conflict prevention, resolution, and post-conflict processes, in line with regional and international commitments. The study's launch is a collaboration between ASEAN, the U.S. government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and UN Women, all of whom collaborated to produce the study.
In remarks at the launch ceremony, ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi said, "To commemorate Interna...