ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW) is an ASEAN sectoral body established in 1976. Its mandate is to implement, coordinate and monitor the implementation of ASEAN’s key regional priorities and cooperation on women’s issues.

Violence against women (VAW) is a violation of human rights which is a form of discrimination against women. It is a manifestation of historically and structurally unequal power relations and inequalities between women and men, which prevail in all countries and which impacts all aspects of the victim’s private and public life. VAW violates human rights and fundamental freedoms of women limits their access to control over and ownership of resources, and impedes the full development of their potential.