Diego De La Rosa

Across South-East Asia, countries are exploring how efforts to prevent violence against women and girls can lead to measurable progress. Join @UN_Women & @TheEQI for a webinar on monitoring of violence prevention. 9 June, 10:00 AM (BKK) 👉 unwo.men/9Gmh50Z44k3 🙏 @dfat

Across South-East Asia, countries are exploring how efforts to prevent violence against women and girls can lead to measurable progress. Join @UN_Women & @TheEQI for a webinar on monitoring of violence prevention. 9 June, 10:00 AM (BKK) 👉 unwo.men/9Gmh50Z44k3 🙏 @dfat

We were proud to join the Southeast Asia GBV Prevention Platform’s regional dialogue on bringing GBV prevention into climate action, with partners from across Southeast Asia. More: ow.ly/hzC750Z44hT 🙏 @dfat

We're looking for a service provider in Thailand for an assignment on digital safety, migration and online harms affecting women and girls. Relevant experience on ending gender-based violence, migration, or digital safety required. Apply by 3 June: unwo.men/GhiK50Z1wjM

UN Women is hiring a Programme Associate in Bangkok to support the EU-funded PROTECT project, which works to protect the rights of women migrant workers and strengthen systems to prevent and respond to violence. Read more & apply by 22 May: unwo.men/FtZf50YXWtQ

We're hiring a Thai consultant to support the next National Action Plan on Ending Violence against Women. The position is home-based, under the PROTECT project, funded by the @EUinThailand. Read more & apply by 11 May: unwo.men/A34Q50YVmxU

In Cambodia, students & women migrant workers co-created short documentaries to challenge harmful stereotypes, through UN Women’s PROTECT project, funded by the EU. Read more: unwo.men/pyOB50YRxbF @EUinCambodia

This week in Bangkok, we're hosting experts, academics & civil society from across Asia for a regional consultation on CEDAW General Recommendation 41 on dismantling gender stereotypes. Shaping global standards through regional voices! More: unwo.men/vZVQ50YCJ3A @OHCHRAsia

Our new Social Norms Framework outlines practical pathways to address discriminatory norms and advance gender equality through narrative change, improved material conditions and collective action. Read & download: unwo.men/uT0X50YC5nI

Response alone is never enough. Irene Widjaya, Regional Director of the Southeast GBV Prevention Platform, makes the case for prevention: challenging norms, engaging men and boys, and supporting communities. 🌏 unwo.men/KHsh50Yys5J #IWD2026 @UN_Women @UNFPAAsiaPac @dfat

Check out our latest guide, produced under the EU-funded PROTECT project, to strengthen cross-border service referrals for women migrant survivors of gender-based violence in the Mekong region. 🔗 unwo.men/2Gj850YyswE Available in English, Khmer & Thai. @EUinThailand

Principles mean nothing without practice. Ratchada Jayagupta, ACWC Rep Thailand, says the new ASEAN regional plan on ending violence against women must turn commitment into real action. Read: unwo.men/5c4150YvM5G #IWD2026 @UN_Women @UNFPAAsiaPac @dfat

Gender-based violence is not a single-sector problem. Sri Danti Anwar, ACWC Rep for Women's Rights Indonesia, makes the case for multisectoral approaches bringing health, justice, and social services together. Read: unwo.men/INq050YxgXZ #IWD2026 @UN_Women @UNFPAAsiaPac @dfat

South-East Asia is on the verge of something historic. @UNFPA's Sujata Tuladhar says the next ASEAN regional plan on ending violence against women can bring the region to the global forefront of prevention. 👉 unwo.men/1ObM50YyrrB #IWD2026 @UN_Women @UNFPAAsiaPac @dfat

Our Violence Against Women Prevention Programming Guide is a free, practical resource for anyone working on violence against women prevention, to support from planning, implementation & measuring impact. Access tool: ow.ly/1keM50Yr4lo @UN_Women | @Prevent_Collab | @dfat

Violence against women and children shares the same roots, and so must our solutions. Yanti Kusumawardhani, ACWC Rep for Children's Rights Indonesia, explains. Read: unwo.men/w1Gy50YrCYm #IWD2026 @UN_Women @UNFPAAsiaPac @dfat

Women on the move deserve support no matter where they are! We launched a guide to strengthen cross-border services for women migrant survivors of gender-based violence in the Mekong region, under the PROTECT project, funded by @EUinThailand 👉 unwo.men/BKz950Yr4bX #IWD2026

Prevention is at the frontier of ending violence against women and South-East Asia is stepping up. @UN_Women's Melissa Alvarado reflects on what the next ASEAN RPA EVAW must deliver. 👉 unwo.men/Fr1A50Yr4pQ #IWD2026 @UN_Women @UNFPAAsiaPac @dfat

On #IWD2026, ending gender-based violence starts with looking inward. Amaryllis Torres, ACWC Rep for Women's Rights Philippines, says prevention means examining our societies to build equality and justice for all. 👉 unwo.men/mtYZ50YoXbG @UN_Women @UNFPAAsiaPac @dfat

Regional commitments only matter when they reach the national level. Soukphaphone Phanit, ACWC Rep Lao PDR, shares how the ASEAN regional plan on ending violence against women shaped national plans & services. unwo.men/1N1e50YnUEG #IWD2026 @UN_Women @UNFPAAsiaPac @dfat