Vietnamese Women's Day kickstarts Australian "gender month" in Vietnam

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A highlight of gender month this year will be the launch of the Australian Government's Gender Strategy for Vietnam in November.  Other key activities will include the launch of training for female National Assembly deputies, a Women in Leadership Forum for Australian alumni, a visit by the Australian Ambassador to northern mountainous areas including Tuyen Quang, Yen Bai and Son La provinces, and many more internal and external events to promote women’s empowerment and showcase the contributions of women both in Vietnam and Australia.

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Craig Chittick said: “Australia is committed to promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in Vietnam, with a particular focus on three priority areas: promoting women's economic empowerment; enhancing women's voice in decision making and leadership; and ending violence against women and girls. With more than $10 million invested in dedicated gender-related programming over the past few years, Australia is already one of the largest donors to advancing gender equality in Vietnam and our contribution is set to become larger.  Promoting women’s economic empowerment, including among ethnic minorities, will be one of the three objectives of our development cooperation with Vietnam for the period 2015-2020”.