Capacity-Building on Women, Peace and Security (WPS)

The german country office of the DBJW would like to highlight this opportunity provided by the Asia-Europe Foundation and assist you as a german citizen in your application.

What do we understand by gender-based violence? Who commits the violence and against whom? How does gender inequality drive violence? Why does violence against women and girls increase during conflict situations? Who is responsible for protection? What role do women play in peacebuilding?

The three-day Capacity-Building on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) will address these and other questions to raise the awareness and understanding of women’s empowerment and gender equality among ASEM diplomats as the first step towards behavioural change and the integration of a gender perspective into diplomats’ and government officials’ daily work. The training introduces the key concepts, international framework, and methods for working toward gender equality and gender-sensitive policies in line with the international Women, Peace and Security policy framework and Goals 5 and 16 of the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development, which commit countries to achieving gender equality and fostering peaceful and inclusive societies.

Who is it for?

→ Junior or mid-career (with up to 10 years of relevant work experience) representatives of relevant ASEM government agencies, i.e. Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security, Peacebuilding, Development, Gender Mainstreaming, Human Rights and

→ Representatives of regional or national human rights institutes

→ Representatives of offices of national ombudspersons

→ Representatives of relevant CSOs involved in promoting Women, Peace and Security agenda.

Participants must be citizens of eligible ASEM Partner countries and have a strong interest in the Women, Peace and Security agenda as well as working proficiency in English.