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In 2015 the Heads of State/Government representing the peoples of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), charted the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 of an integrated, peaceful, and stable community of Nations in full complementarity with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, both placing gender equality and women's empowerment as a cornerstone of Sustainable Development.
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ASEAN is a highly dynamic and diverse region. Over the past 50 years, Southeast Asia has gone through rapid economic transformation, urbanisation, and demographic shifts. This has brought remarkable gains on poverty reduction and improvements on the health and wellbeing of the ASEAN population, from increasing access to maternal care, to expanding the availability of basic water sources. Yet rising inequalities, including gender inequalities, and the adverse impacts of climate change, especially on women and girls, continue to be a major challenge for sustainable development in the region.
In this context, ASEAN's commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 5 on Gender Equality, and the promise of leaving no one behind remains fervent. Their recognition of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls as both a catalyst and a pre-requisite to achieving the 2030 Agenda is at the heart of this commitment.