Vietnam has been recognised as a country quickly eradicating itsgender gap, the work which it has been undertaking for the past 20years, according to a national labour official.
Trinh ThanhHang, a member of the Presidium of the Vietnam General Confederation ofLabour (VGCL), made the comments in a recent interview with Lao dong(Labour) newspaper ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8.
Hang remarked that Vietnam has impressively implemented the UnitedNations Development Programme (UNDP)’s gender empowering measures,ranking 62 nd out of 109 countries worldwide in the endeavour.
According to international organisations, Vietnam is now 94 th among182 countries in the UNDP’s gender development index, moving fromlow-medium to high-medium level, she added.
She said thatwomen leadership is a key indication of social progress and genderequality. Positively, a number of key positions at State agencies andsocio-political-professional organisations have been held by women.
At the 11 th National Party Congress in January 2011, the rate ofwomen becoming new Party Central Committee members reached 9 percent.During the tenure, two women were appointed to the Politburo and theParty Central Committee’s Secretariat.
With 24.4 percent offemale National Assembly deputies, Vietnam has a reasonable rate ofwomen legislators, ranking 43 rd out of 143 countries and coming secondout of 8 ASEAN member states.
In Vietnam, more women havejoined the sectors of education-training, health care,science-technology, culture and sports. Over the past 10 years, 47 womenand 7 female collectives have been awarded with VGCL’s creative talentaward.
Female entrepreneurs now make up over 20 percent of the total, fairly high compared to other regional nations.
Last year, the country had some 52 million workers, 48.7 percent ofwhom were women. On the national scale, 78.2 percent were working women,compared to 86 percent of men.
For many years, the VGCL hasgiven priority to empowering women in leadership positions to graduallynarrow the gender gap in the political field, a top priority of thegender equality strategy.
The VGCL has urged the Government toissue a decree detailing specific regulations on women, creating alegal corridor for them to enjoy equal opportunities and better life,she said.-VNA
Trinh ThanhHang, a member of the Presidium of the Vietnam General Confederation ofLabour (VGCL), made the comments in a recent interview with Lao dong(Labour) newspaper ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8.
Hang remarked that Vietnam has impressively implemented the UnitedNations Development Programme (UNDP)’s gender empowering measures,ranking 62 nd out of 109 countries worldwide in the endeavour.
According to international organisations, Vietnam is now 94 th among182 countries in the UNDP’s gender development index, moving fromlow-medium to high-medium level, she added.
She said thatwomen leadership is a key indication of social progress and genderequality. Positively, a number of key positions at State agencies andsocio-political-professional organisations have been held by women.
At the 11 th National Party Congress in January 2011, the rate ofwomen becoming new Party Central Committee members reached 9 percent.During the tenure, two women were appointed to the Politburo and theParty Central Committee’s Secretariat.
With 24.4 percent offemale National Assembly deputies, Vietnam has a reasonable rate ofwomen legislators, ranking 43 rd out of 143 countries and coming secondout of 8 ASEAN member states.
In Vietnam, more women havejoined the sectors of education-training, health care,science-technology, culture and sports. Over the past 10 years, 47 womenand 7 female collectives have been awarded with VGCL’s creative talentaward.
Female entrepreneurs now make up over 20 percent of the total, fairly high compared to other regional nations.
Last year, the country had some 52 million workers, 48.7 percent ofwhom were women. On the national scale, 78.2 percent were working women,compared to 86 percent of men.
For many years, the VGCL hasgiven priority to empowering women in leadership positions to graduallynarrow the gender gap in the political field, a top priority of thegender equality strategy.
The VGCL has urged the Government toissue a decree detailing specific regulations on women, creating alegal corridor for them to enjoy equal opportunities and better life,she said.-VNA
