07 measures to promote gender equality in Vietnam

07 measures to promote gender equality in Vietnam (Source: Internet)

1. Measures to promote gender equality in Vietnam

According to Clause 6, Article 5 of the Law on Gender Equality 2006, measure to promote equality is the measure aimed at determining gender substantial gender equality, set forth by the state authorities in there remains considerable imparity between man and woman concerning the positions, roles, conditions, and opportunities for man and woman to bring into play all their capacities and to enjoy the achievement of the development where the application of equal regulations for man and woman cannot remove this imparity.

The measure to promote gender equality is to be implemented for a certain period of time and shall end when the gender equality goals have been achieved.

2. 07 measures to promote gender equality in Vietnam

Specifically, in Clause 1, Article 19 of the Law on Gender Equality 2006, the measures to promote gender equality include:

(1) To provide for the proportion of male and female or to ensure appropriate female to participate and benefit;

(2) To train, foster to improve the ability of woman or man;

(3) To support in providing the conditions and opportunities for woman or man;

(4) To provide for specific criteria and conditions for woman or man;

(5) To provide that woman has the right to be selected where woman has the equal qualifications and criteria with man;

(6) Measures to promote gender equality provided in Article 11 section 5, Article 12 section 2, Article 13 section 3, Article 14 section 5 of the Law on Gender Equality 2006, specifically as follows:

- Measures to promote gender equality in the field of politics include:

+ To ensure the appropriate proportion of the National Assembly female members and people’s committees female members in accordance with the national gender equality goals.

+ To ensure the appropriate proportions of women in appointing officials to hold titles in the professions in state agencies in accordance with the national gender equality goals.

- Measures to promote gender equality in the field of economy include:

+ Enterprises employing many female workers shall be given tax and financial preferential treatment according to the regulations of the law.

+ Female workers in rural areas shall be given credit aid, encouraged to expand agriculture, forestry and fishery according to the law.

- Measures to promote gender equality in the field of labour include:

+ To provide for proportion of man and woman to be recruited;

+ To train and enhance capacity and capability for female workers;

+ Employers create safe and hygienic working conditions for female workers in some hard and dangerous professions and occupations or those that have direct contact with harmful substances.

- Measures to promote gender equality in the field of education and training include:

+ To provide for the proportion of man and woman participating in the study and training;

+ To assist female workers in rural areas in vocational training under the law.

3. State policies on gender equality in Vietnam

The State's policies on gender equality are stipulated in Article 7 of the Law on Gender Equality 2006, specifically as follows:

- To ensure gender equality in all fields of politics, economy, culture, society and family; to support and provide man and woman with conditions for them to bring into play their abilities; to give them equal opportunities to take part in the process of development and to benefit from the achievements of the development.

- To protect and support the mother during pregnancy, giving birth and upbringing her child; to facilitate man and woman in sharing housework.

- To apply appropriate measures to eliminate backward customs and habits hindering the implementation of the gender equality goal.

- To encourage agencies, organizations, families and individuals to take part in the gender equality promoting activities.

- To support gender equality activities in the remote and mountainous areas, in areas of ethnic minority groups and areas still in extremely difficult socio-economic conditions; to support to create necessary conditions to increase the GDI in the industries, fields, and localities where the GDI is lower than the average level of the entire country.

Thanh Rin

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