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Gender equality in the workplace needed for business breakthroughs: Expert

Gender equality at the workplace needs to be recognised as one of the drivers of long-term growth and breakthroughs for businesses, especially as Vietnam has a high proportion of women in the labour market, according to Nguyen Quang Vinh, General Secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
Gender equality in the workplace needed for business breakthroughs: Expert ảnh 1Nguyen Quang Vinh, General Secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) addresses the event (Photo: VOV)
Hanoi (VNA)- Gender equality at the workplace needs to be recognised as one of the driversof long-term growth and breakthroughs for businesses, especially as Vietnam hasa high proportion of women in the labour market, according to Nguyen Quang Vinh,General Secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

Vinh made the statement at aworkshop on March 15 in Hanoi held jointly by theVietnam Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment (VBCWE), funded by the Australian Government’s Investing in Women initiative, and the VCCI’s Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development (VBCSD).

Participants focused discussions onthe importance of promoting equal values and increasing the leading role of womenin the sustainable development strategies of businesses.

They also reviewed a number of measures to promote gender equality, including Gender Equality Assessment, Results, and Strategies (GEARS) - a regional-level diagnostic tool developed by Investing inWomen in partnership with the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)to help businesses understand gaps, opportunities, and strengths in their currentstrategies in relation to workplace gender equality.

Andrew Barnes, Australian Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam, said that in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,companies with diverse leadership and a strong commitment to gender equality inthe workplace have demonstrated better adaptability and innovation, thereby creatinghigher productivity and profit.

GEARS-based analytical data will help enterprises review gender balanceand labour mobility trends, he said, adding that businesses can also evaluate theirgender equality policy and its implementation compared with other leading companies.

Chairwoman of VBCWE Ha Thu Thanh saidthat increasing the role of women in the leadership apparatus will help businessessteadily overcome the pandemic crisis and make breakthroughs.

Representatives from enterprises shared their policies, strategies, and experiencein applying evaluation tools to promote gender values in the workplace.

The VBCWE and VBCSD signed a cooperation agreement at the workshop, affirmingthe two sides’ commitment to promoting gender equality and increasing women’s economicrights in Vietnam’s business community.

The Investing in Women project was initiated by the Australian Government in 2016in Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam, to increase women’s involvementin the workforce and leadership apparatus, and to raise their voice in decisionmaking./.
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