ASEAN Guidelines for Developing National Standard Operating Procedures for a Coordinated Response to Violence against Women and Girls

The ASEAN Guidelines for Developing National Standard Operating Procedures for a Coordinated Response to Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) aim to establish nationally coordinated standard procedures for addressing VAWG, emphasizing the importance of sector collaboration and alignment to ensure a cohesive and survivor-centered response across various services.

The Guidelines are designed to be an essential resource for policymakers, practitioners, and frontline service providers. It provides a comprehensive framework for nationally coordinated SOPs and performance standards, ensuring that responses to VAWG are both gender-sensitive and survivor-centered. They emphasize the need for a coordinated response across multiple sectors, including health, police, justice, and social services. By advocating for intersectoral collaboration and alignment, the guidelines ensure that responses to VAWG are unified and focused on the well-being of survivors.

The development of the Guidelines was led and provided technical contributions by the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) and the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW), in collaboration with the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) and ASEAN Member States and funded by European Union.