The National Committee for the Advancement of Women (NCAW) held a talkin Hanoi on April 14 on dissemination campaigns aimed at raising therates of female National Assembly deputies and People’s Councilrepresentatives in the 2011-2016 term.
In her openingremark, NCAW Chairman and Minister of Labour, War Invalids and SocialAffairs (MoLISA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan stressed that to boost thedevelopment of women, the Party and State have issued many policies andlaws that create favourable conditions for women to become involved inpolitical activities in general, and the NA and People’s Councils at alllevels in particular.
However, the proportion of women engaged in politics is yet to match their potential, she said.
At present, the rate of women holding key positions in Vietnam ’sState agencies is very low with one minister and 10 out of 100 deputyministers. Women only account for 4.67 percent of provincial People’sCouncil chairpersons and 1.59 percent of provincial People’s Committeechairpersons.
According to the minister, the biggestchallenge for the implementation of gender equality in the politicalsector in Vietnam is social preconceptions. In addition, severaldifferent regulations for women and men on ages of retirement andtraining limit women’s participation in aspects of social life.
Emphasising the important and decisive role of the media in changingpublic awareness of gender equality and the role, position andcontributions of women, Ngan asked news and press agencies to continueboosting activities and messages in support for women during theelections.
News and press agencies should focus ondisseminating positive stories on women’s participation in leading andmanaging in order to help raise the rate of female NA deputies andPeople’s Council representatives in the 2011-2016 term to 30 percent andabove, she said./.
In her openingremark, NCAW Chairman and Minister of Labour, War Invalids and SocialAffairs (MoLISA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan stressed that to boost thedevelopment of women, the Party and State have issued many policies andlaws that create favourable conditions for women to become involved inpolitical activities in general, and the NA and People’s Councils at alllevels in particular.
However, the proportion of women engaged in politics is yet to match their potential, she said.
At present, the rate of women holding key positions in Vietnam ’sState agencies is very low with one minister and 10 out of 100 deputyministers. Women only account for 4.67 percent of provincial People’sCouncil chairpersons and 1.59 percent of provincial People’s Committeechairpersons.
According to the minister, the biggestchallenge for the implementation of gender equality in the politicalsector in Vietnam is social preconceptions. In addition, severaldifferent regulations for women and men on ages of retirement andtraining limit women’s participation in aspects of social life.
Emphasising the important and decisive role of the media in changingpublic awareness of gender equality and the role, position andcontributions of women, Ngan asked news and press agencies to continueboosting activities and messages in support for women during theelections.
News and press agencies should focus ondisseminating positive stories on women’s participation in leading andmanaging in order to help raise the rate of female NA deputies andPeople’s Council representatives in the 2011-2016 term to 30 percent andabove, she said./.
