A workshop entitled “Sharing experience in promoting gender equality in political participation” was held in the central city of Da Nang on December 5.
The event was jointly held by Da Nang Women’s Union and Paz y Desarrollo (PyD), a Spanish international non-governmental organisation for peace and development, with the aim of finding measures to support female officials in improving the advancement of women, which helps promote gender equality in politics.
Discussing the implementation of the regional programme “Promoting gender equality in political participation” for the period 2010-2014 in Vietnam, participants agreed that encouraging results have been made. Do Thi Kim Linh, President of Da Nang Women’s Union, said that more women are holding high positions in the municipal administration this tenure.
According to Pham Ngoc Tien, Director of the Gender Equality Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, there is an increasing number of Vietnamese women participating in the political system.
However, he added that the figure is still low compared to the country’s socio-economic development level. In the 2011-2016 term, the rate of women in the National Assembly is 24.4 percent, in the Party Central Committee – 9 percent, and in the provincial, district and communal administrations - 11.37 percent, 15.01 percent and 18.1 percent, respectively.
In a bid to promote gender equality in politics, communication activities are an important measure, Tien said.
Meanwhile, Silvia Magdalena Vaca Sotomayor from the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) suggested that integrating gender equality in university curriculum will have a great effect on raising students’ awareness of gender.-VNA
The event was jointly held by Da Nang Women’s Union and Paz y Desarrollo (PyD), a Spanish international non-governmental organisation for peace and development, with the aim of finding measures to support female officials in improving the advancement of women, which helps promote gender equality in politics.
Discussing the implementation of the regional programme “Promoting gender equality in political participation” for the period 2010-2014 in Vietnam, participants agreed that encouraging results have been made. Do Thi Kim Linh, President of Da Nang Women’s Union, said that more women are holding high positions in the municipal administration this tenure.
According to Pham Ngoc Tien, Director of the Gender Equality Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, there is an increasing number of Vietnamese women participating in the political system.
However, he added that the figure is still low compared to the country’s socio-economic development level. In the 2011-2016 term, the rate of women in the National Assembly is 24.4 percent, in the Party Central Committee – 9 percent, and in the provincial, district and communal administrations - 11.37 percent, 15.01 percent and 18.1 percent, respectively.
In a bid to promote gender equality in politics, communication activities are an important measure, Tien said.
Meanwhile, Silvia Magdalena Vaca Sotomayor from the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) suggested that integrating gender equality in university curriculum will have a great effect on raising students’ awareness of gender.-VNA
