Commitment title:

End GBV and harmful practices by 2030.

Commitment description:

LaoPDR commits to end GBV and harmful practices, focusing on early marriage among adolescents through the revised National Action Plan for Prevention and Elimination of VAW 2021-2025 and its implementation through the Essential Service package for women and girls subjected to GBV.

Mode of engagement:
  • Policy and guidance
    Revision of National Action Plan for prevention and Elimination of VAWG 2021-2025
Commitment to be actioned in: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Submitted from: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Submitted by
Lao PDR
Thematic area
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation
Commitment category

(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.