The ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Dialogue on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment was held on 29 September 2022 via video conference . The Dialogue was co-chaired by Indonesia as Chair of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women (AMMW) and the United States, and attended by ASEAN Member States and representatives from the United States.

UPHOLDING the commitments in the ASEAN-U.S. 2022 Special Summit Joint Vision Statement, and the Plan of Action to Implement the ASEAN-United States Strategic Partnership (2021-2025), which took into account the Joint Statement on the 2015 ASEAN-U.S. Strategic Partnership, to empower all women and girls and promote gender equility through enhanced engagement in ASEAN-led mechanisms, including the commitment to strengthen cooperation in gender equality initiatives through technical assistance in promoting gender mainstreaming, women’s empowerment, and care and protection of vulnerable groups;

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