US-ASEAN Women, Peace and Cyber Security Workshop in Manila Philippines

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Forging US-Southeast Asia Cooperation on Women, Peace, and Cybersecurity

Introduction
Pacific Forum, in collaboration with the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Office of Women, Peace & Security successfully concluded the regional workshop, “Forging US-Southeast Asia Cooperation on Women, Peace, and Cybersecurity,” on November 15-16, 2023, at the Peninsula Manila, Makati City, Philippines. The two-day workshop supported those objectives outlined in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace, and Security (RPA WPS) related to cybersecurity.

PARTICIPANTS
Government/Defense
United States
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Office of Women, Peace & Security (WPS)
Philippines
Philippine Cybersecurity Bureau
Philippine Department of National Defense

Participating Defense Force Branches
Philippine Army
Philippine Navy
Armed Forces of the Philippines

Civil Society Organizations
Bullyid App-NMA Foundation
Center for Creative Initiatives in Health, and Population
Due Diligence Project
Foundation for Media Alternatives
Global Forum on Cyber Expertise
Institute of Strategic International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia
Stimson Center
UN Women – Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Vietnam Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population