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Vietnam underlines consistent promotion of gender equality in all aspects

Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of raising women’s position and promoting gender equality in all aspects, while attending recent events marking the International Day of Women in Multilateralism.
Vietnam underlines consistent promotion of gender equality in all aspects ảnh 1Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van (centre), Permanent Representative of Vietnam to UNESCO, attends a dialogue marking the International Day of Women in Multilateralism on January 25. (Photo: VNA)
Paris (VNA) – Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van hasreaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of raising women’s position andpromoting gender equality in all aspects, while attending recent events markingthe International Day of Women in Multilateralism.

The events, comprising a global dialogue on countering onlinegendered disinformation and an intergenerational dialogue, were held by UNESCO inParis on January 25.

As a key speaker representing the Asia-Pacific region,Ambassador Van, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to UNESCO, underlined thecountry’s consistent policy of highly bringing into play women’s role and greatpotential in national development and safeguarding, raising women’s position,and promoting gender equality in all fields, from politics, economy and cultureto society.

Women’s role and contributions have also continually beenupheld during the ASEAN Community building process, she noted.

Van went on to say that the role of Vietnamese women has beenincreasingly affirmed in terms of politics and diplomacy. Many have beenholding leadership positions of the Party and State, thus substantiallycontributing to strong improvements of the country. In particular, Vietnam hasposted a rate of women in UN peacekeeping operations higher than the UN’stargeted figure, and many of them have shown excellent performance, helpingenhance mutual understanding, friendship, and cooperation among peoples ofdifferent countries.

According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender GapReport 2022, Vietnam scored 0.705 on a scale of 1 to rank 83rd among the 146 countries, climbing four places from 2021.

The diplomat also shared Vietnam’s initiatives and efforts toboost cooperation in gender equality promotion and women empowerment as the ASEAN Chairin 2020, a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2020 - 2021, and the Chair of the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly.

At the events, participants highlyvalued Vietnam’s active contributions and growing stature in the internationalarena, describing the country as a typical demonstration of the promotion ofwomen’s role and engagement in the agendas on women, peace and security.

Gender equality is one of the twoglobal priorities of UNESCO. At the 41st session of its General Conferencein November 2021, the organisation adopted Resolution 41C/57declaring January 25 as the International Day of Women in Multilateralism./.
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