The Executive Committee established the Standing Committee on the Status of Women in order to give special emphasis to the involvement of women. The Standing Committee on Women serves to advise the AFPPD chairman and members of the Executive Committee on parliamentarians' activities on the status of women, gender equality and equity, and the involvement of women parliamentarians in AFPPD activities.  Ms. Steve Chadwick, MP ( New Zealand) and Minister for Women Affairs is the current Chair of this committee. 

Standing Committee on Population and Food Security

AFPPD places much importance on the interrelationship between population and various socio-economic issues. This is to highlight the fact that unless population growth is addressed, it will be virtually impossible to tackle the social and economic issues of today. For example, food security and water resources are closely linked to poverty and the environment, and, therefore, AFPPD decided to establish in 2002 its Standing Committee on Population and Food Security.