HCM City told to get creative to enhance gender equality
The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality needs to take creative and effective approaches to ensure gender equality in every aspect, a city leader has said.
Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, speaks at a recent meeting held to review implementation of the 2011–20 National Strategy on Gender Equality (Photo: voh.com.vn)
HCMCity (VNS/VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for the Advancement ofWomen and Gender Equality needs to take creative and effective approachesto ensure gender equality in every aspect, a city leader has said.
Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said effortstowards the advancement of women and gender equality need to be promoted withthe involvement of all genders and agencies at all levels.
A hotline should be set up for victims of domestic violence and genderinequality, Hoan, who is also head of the HCM City Committee for theAdvancement of Women and Gender Equality, said at a meeting held to reviewimplementation of the 2011–20 National Strategy on Gender Equality on February26.
Tran Ngoc Son, deputy director of the city Department of Labour, Invalids andSocial Affairs, said the city has seven goals for gender equality and theadvancement of women in various areas, including economic, employment,education and training, healthcare, political participation, and the fightagainst human trafficking.
Over the last decade it has issued many policies and allocated funds toimplement programmes to fulfill these goals, he said.
It also strived for international cooperation for women’s progress and genderequality with a series of programmes, he said.
But integrating gender concerns in the labour market and economic empowermentcontinue to face challenges due to a lack of concerted efforts by variousagencies and inadequate data from social insurance agencies, he admitted.
Le Thi Ngoc Dung of the city Department of Home Affairs said genderequality needs to be a highlight of the national human resources developmentstrategy.
State agencies and businesses need to comply with regulations on the ratio ofwomen staff and empower women’s leadership at the workplace, she said.
Women account for more than 51 percent of the city’s nearly nine millionpopulation./.
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Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, speaks at a recent meeting held to review implementation of the 2011–20 National Strategy on Gender Equality (Photo: voh.com.vn) 
