An analysis of the gaps in current government policies relating to ethnic women in Vietnam

In 2007, the Communist Party of Vietnam issued Resolution No. 111-NQ/TW. In a period of accelerated national industrialization and modernization, its objective was to promote women’s participation. This was especially important in mountainous and remote areas, where the percentage of illiterate women living in poverty is high. Despite the fact that the government had enacted policies to stimulate women’s development and equality, women still faced many difficulties. Now, more than ten years after this Resolution was passed, the Vietnam Women’s Union organised a national workshop to analyse its effects. The objective of the workshop was to study the extent to which the rights of Vietnamese ethnic women have been incorporated into policy and law, and to present recommendations. This case study presents an analysis of the results