Viet Nam: Country Gender Assessment

Viet Nam
Country Gender Assessment

E-mail or fax the Publications Unit at + 632 636 2648 to order the printed version of this publication. Applicable shipping cost will be charged.

Strategy and Program Assessments

Publication Date: December 2006
In stock

The Vietnam Country Gender Assessment, a joint publication by the World Bank*, Asian Development Bank, UK Department for International Development* and Canadian International Development Agency*, provides the gender situation analysis and insights in some emerging issues faced by women in Viet Nam. This analytical background can be used for the donors and the Government tackling gender inequality and implementing the Government's 10-year Strategy for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam and National Plan of Action (POA3).

The CGA covers a range of issues including the Government's poverty reduction strategy, human rights, underlying causes of gender inequalities, and others that impacted a high number of people and had multiplier or secondary effects. Key recommendations proposed by the CGA are:

Developing innovative solutions to increase access to social basic services i.e health, education, especially in remote and ethnic minority areas
Preparing gender-sensitive modules and materials for use in schools
Developing creative solutions including agriculture extension services to support women farmers more proactively
Preparing a roadmap—including policy changes, training, instruments, and resources—to increase the number of women in decision making

TRANSLATED DOCUMENT

[ PDF: 1,703kb | 86 pages ]

View the document
[ PDF: 1,111kb | 79 pages ].
To read, you need Acrobat.

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

Section 1. On the Path to Gender Equality

1.1 Regionally, Vietnam compares favorably on most indicators of gender equality

1.2 Continuing progress is being made to close gaps in education

1.3 Health outcomes have improved

1.4 Economic opportunities have increased for both women and men

1.5 Women’s participation in decision making and politics has not made the same progress as other areas

1.6 Priority issues and proposed responses

Section 2. Leveling the Playing Field for Sustained Growth

2.1 Economic growth has, and will continue to, alter economic opportunities for men and women

2.2 Women are over-represented in some sectors and occupations, men in others

2.3 Men benefit more from jobs with decision-making power and status

2.4 The wage gap has narrowed, but men earn more than women

2.5 Men and women contribute equal time to income-generating, but not to housework

2.6 Men’s opportunities to capitalize assets are greater than women’s

2.7 Leveling the playing field: priority issues

2.8 Recommendations

Section 3. The Fallout of Social and Economic Change

3.1 Economic change brings social change

3.2 Gender-segregated employment practices and wage gaps affect female domestic migrants

3.3 Women in particular are vulnerable to risks of labor export

3.4 Gender dimensions of risk-taking behaviors, unprotected sex, and HIV/AIDS need to be better addressed

3.5 High rates of abortion pose health risks

3.6 Domestic violence persists as an issue

3.7 Priority issues and recommended interventions

Conclusions, Recommendations, and Implications

References

*This link takes you outside the ADB website. Please use the back button to return to ADB.org.

Catalog