ASEAN a pioneer in promoting gender equality: delegates
The ASEAN Leaders' Special Session on Women’s Empowerment in the Digital Age offered a chance for ASEAN leaders to show their strong commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment in the digital age, delegates said on the sidelines of the event, which took place on June 26 as part of the 36th ASEAN Summit.
Ambassador Nguyen Nguyet Nga, Senior Advisor to the ASEAN 2020 National Secretariat and Vietnam’s representative at the ASEAN Women for Peace Registry, speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The ASEAN Leaders' SpecialSession on Women’s Empowerment in the Digital Age offered a chance for ASEANleaders to show their strong commitment to💃 gender equality and women’sempowerment in the digital age, deꦇlegates said on the sidelines of the event,which took place on June 26 as part of the 36th ASEAN Summit.
Ambassador Nguyen Nguyet Nga, Senior Advisor to the ASEAN2020 National Secretariat and Vietnam’s representative at the ASEAN Women forPeace Registry (AWPR) said this was ASEAN leaders’ first meeting of highestlevel regarding gender equality in the region. It is time for ASEAN members to discuss measures to carryout the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 amid the digital age and the impact ofCOVID-19, thereby determining new challenges and chances to implementinternational commitments, she added. The session reflected the determination and clear message ofVietnam and other ASEAN nations in promoting multilateral cooperation in genderequality, Nga said.
Vietnam is playing an active role and a pioneer in genderequality, especially in policies and policy framework, as it is among maintargets in the country’s socio-economic development, she said.
Head of the National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for Social Affairs Nguyen ThuyAnh said the session of෴fered an opportunity to assess achievements in genderequality and women’s empowerment in the digital age.
For Vietnam, this is the last year of the implementation ofthe National Strategy on Gender Equality for the 2011-20. The country has reaped fruitful results in meeting itsannual targets. In particular, the proportions of female NA deputies, leadersand entrepreneurs have been on the rise, she noted./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan co-chaired the special session of ASEAN leaders on women’s empowerment in the digital age within the framework of the 36th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi on June 26.
Vietnamese Prime Minster Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 26 chaired an ASEAN Leaders' Special Session on Women’s Empowerment in the Digital Age as part of the 36th ASEAN Summit.
The ASEAN Leader’s Special Session on Women’s Empowerment in the Digital Age was held on June 26 in the framework of the 36th ASEAN Summit. The event was organised for the first time as an initiative of Vietnam to affirm ASEAN leaders’ commitment to promoting gender equality and enhancing the role of women in building the ASEAN Community.
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Ambassador Nguyen Nguyet Nga, Senior Advisor to the ASEAN 2020 National Secretariat and Vietnam’s representative at the ASEAN Women for Peace Registry, speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
