Forum promotes gender mainstreaming in policy making
The 5th Vietnam-Korea Women Forum took place in Hanoi on June 30, focusing on the theme of mainstreaming gender into policies towards sustainable development.
Scene of the 5th Vietnam-Korea Women Forum (Source: //www.qdnd.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 5th Vietnam-Korea Women Forum tookplace in Hanoi on June 30, focusing on the theme of mainstreaming gender intopolicies towards sustainable development.
Speaking at the event,Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) Bui Thi Hoa stressedgender equality is one of the principles constitutionalised in Vietnam’s firstConstitution in 1946.
Regulations on genderequality have been included in many legal documents covering different fieldssuch as politics, economy, finance-budget, labour-employment,education-training, healthcare, and population-family, she said, adding thatattention have been paid to activities targeting development of women.
The forum offered a good chance for the Governments, National Assemblies, localadministrations and organisations of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea to expandcooperation programmes targeting women’s development in particular and sustainabledevelopment of the two nations in general, Hoa stressed.
Lee Myung Sun, Chairwoman of the Korean Women’s Development Institute (KWDI),underlined the importance to make recommendations to policies concerning women,affirming that the institute will continue promoting cooperation with the VWU toconnect women-related agencies and organisations, towards a better future for women ofboth countries.
Participants at the forum shared policies and successful models at bothnational and local levels; outstanding policies on gender equality; experiencein applying gender mainstreaming in the budgetary process and gender budgeting.
They also discussed policies to build women friendly cities in the central cityof Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.
The forum was organisedrotationally by the VWU and the KWDIover the last five years. The previous events focused on female human resourcesdevelopment, vocational training and job creation, creative industry,supporting female-owned entrepreneurs; and international marriage betweenVietnamese and RoK citizens.-VNA
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Scene of the 5th Vietnam-Korea Women Forum (Source: //www.qdnd.vn) 
