The opening ceremony of the 5th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women (5th AMMW) and Related Meetings took place at M Gallery in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Speaking at the event, the rotating Chairman of the 5th AMMW Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Soe Win, who is also the chairman of Myanmar National Committee for Women’s Affairs, highlighted the taking into account gender affairs and empowering of capacity of women as essential strategies to ensure the objectives of the meeting, as well as sustainable development, social justice and economic growth.

He also added that the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 is intended to lead to a peaceful, all-inclusive, and sustainable region, and is also based on aims for gender equality. Moreover, the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW) and ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) play a key role in accelerating the supportive measures for gender equality and rights of women, and their projects and actions are foundations for significant development in the region.

ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General U San Lwin then made the speech via video message.

The 29th ACWC Meeting, 11th ACWC-ACW Consulting Meeting, 23rd ACW Meeting, 16th ACW+3 Meeting and 5th AMMW Meeting will be held from 26 to 29 November.

MNA/KTZH

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