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Officials in central Thanh Hoa Province's Rung Thong Town explain business regulations to local women. Greater effort should be made to ensure gender equality and women's rights in business and politics, a conference in Ha Noi heard yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Hue |
Gender equality was not only an important development target but also a basis for other development goals, she told a conference to promote a national gender-equality strategy for the next 10 years in Ha Noi yesterday.
Gender equality created the right dynamic for strong socio-economic development, she said.
Mitchell emphasised the importance of maintaining the achievements already made in gender equality, especially as Viet Nam was becoming a middle-income country.
Party Central Committee's Commission for Mass Mobilisation deputy director Nguyen The Trung said 10 years of implementing the national strategy for Vietnamese women had advanced their role in society.
The gender gap had narrowed, he said.
Women were now engaged in every field, especially the political system.
Viet Nam always had a female Vice President and 25.76 per cent of National Assembly deputies were women, the highest rate in eight ASEAN parliaments.
Strategy
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs minister Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan told the conference that a draft national strategy for gender equality for 2011-20 had gone to the Government.
It was intended to ensure equal opportunities and benefits for both men and women in political, economic and socio-cultural fields, she said.
The strategy also aimed to the raise the number women deputies in the National Assembly and People's Councils to more than 30 per cent between 2011-15 and more than 35 per cent by 2020.
In addition, it was planned to provide vocational training for half of Viet Nam's rural women workers and create new jobs for at least 40 per cent of workers regardless of gender.
Minister Ngan proposed that next year's 11th National Party Congress set clear directions for implementing future gender equality targets.
Both the Party and Government agencies needed to facilitate human and financial resources to ensure gender equality, she said. — VNS
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