DA NANG, 23 February 2023 – The ASEAN Secretariat, in collaboration with the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre), organised the 5th Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Protection, Gender and Inclusion (TWG-PGI).

The meeting served as an inter-sectoral platform to promote and technically support the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management and relevant actors working towards the achievement of gender equality, and social inclusion in disaster management and reporting on the progress of implementation of the ASEAN Regional Framework on Protection, Gender and Inclusion.

TWG-PGI Members including the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam; Chairs of the ASEAN Committee on Women and the Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare and Development; ASEAN Secretariat, AHA Centre, representative of UN Women were invited to attend the meeting.

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