Viet Nam Human Rights
ASEAN to further promote human rights and women's role
Within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 10 chaired the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Interface with AICHR Representatives, and the ASEAN Ministerial Dialogue on Strengthening Women’s Role for Sustainable Peace and Security.
* At the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Interface with ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Representatives, the minister praised the commission’s efforts in implementing the 2016-2020 work plan.
They then urged the commission to further improve its performance in promoting and protecting human rights in the region, contributing to the people-centered ASEAN Community building.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh affirmed that AICHR has contributed to the ASEAN’s efforts to ease the impact of COVID-19, especially to vulnerable groups.
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| Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh chairing the meeting. Photo: TG&VN |
He suggested the commission to play an active role in the building of the ASEAN recovery framework and the mid-term review of the Blueprints of the ASEAN Community’s three pillars.
Speaking to the press on the sidelines of the meeting, Ambassador Nguyen Thai Yen Huong, Vietnam’s AICHR representative announced that, all ASEAN foreign ministers have approved the work plan for 2021-2025 and the 2021 priority programme of AICHR.
* At the ASEAN Ministerial Dialogue on Strengthening Women’s Role for Sustainable Peace and Security, participants affirmed the importance as well as the role of women in not only political-security but also socio-economic fields.
The meeting aims at discussing how to intensify the role and joint actions of ASEAN women so as to strengthen substantive and sustainable peace, security and prosperity in the region.
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Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, suggested ASEAN exert more efforts to mainstream gender issue in the ASEAN Community’s all three pillars, and priorities gender equality and the implementation of the WPS agenda in the post-2025 ASEAN Community Vision.
She affirmed the importance of including peace-building strategies in ASEAN in plans to realise the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, adding that Vietnam also sent female peacekeepers to Africa to help locals in agricultural techniques and sew face masks to prevent COVID-19.
At the event, participating countries affirmed to strengthen activities of the ASEAN Women for Peace Registry (AWPR) and boost the inclusion of the WPS agenda in programmes and policies in all pillars of the ASEAN Community.
They also pledged to deepen cooperation between ASEAN and partners through frameworks and mechanisms such as ASEAN Plus One, ASEAN Plus Three, East Asia Summit, and ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus.
| The 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings take place via a video conference from September 9-12. Participants will attend 20 meetings, and 40 documents adopted, including AMM-53 Joint Communique, focusing on ASEAN's commitment to promoting the ASEAN Community, economic connectivity and cooperation with dialogue partners. |
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With the founding of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Right (AICHR) and its operation during the last ten years, the question lingers as to what extent this body can continue to work.
The call for a stronger AICHR is quite reasonable, given that the human rights issues in Southeast Asia are severe enough to warrant action.
This situation created difficulty in reaching agreements on the establishment of the AICHR, and when the consensus was achieved, the Commission was given weak authority in implementing human rights.
The ASEAN region is one of the most economically dynamic regions in the world.
While overall trade is expanding both intra-ASEAN and extra-ASEAN, the value of women’s share of exports has remained more or less constant.
The share of highly skilled sectors (such as automotives and electronics) in ASEAN economies are increasing, whereas sectors where women dominate the workforce such agriculture and garments are relatively stagnant.
across all sectors, women’s economic roles are the ones that involve lower skills and on average, lower pay.
Female labor force participation rates are persistently lower than men across
all ASEAN Member States.
While the gap may have shrunk in some countries, it has widened in others. Overall, significantly fewer women than men are participating in the
work force in the ASEAN.
More women are employed in lower skilled and lower paying jobs than men,
resulting in a persistent and high gender wage gap.
This gender gap is not only apparent in the lower absolute numbers of women in the work force, but also in the types of jobs that women perform.
It is not surprising that there is a persistent gender wage gap.
If women are not finding employment in highly skilled and highly paying jobs, then there is little scope for increasing their income.
Majority of women are employed in vulnerable sectors with limited access to benefits and social protection.
Gender gaps in education declined but education attainment for women
continue to lag those of men.
Education attainment, especially higher education and skills training are key to women accessing higher paying employment opportunities.
Large numbers of highly educated women remain unemployed.
All ASEAN Member States provide constitutional equality between men and
women. However, the presence and recognition of customary laws in some countries creates legal barriers to women’s rights and participation.
Limited effectiveness of gender mainstreaming.
Women are disadvantaged in acquiring land and assets by a lack of information and discriminatory laws.
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