Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working on women’s issues have been very active during the ten years since the 4th World Conference on Women (the “Beijing Conference”) held in Beijing in 1995. They have worked to implement the Beijing Platform for Action for Equality, Development and Peace and to gather data and opinions on women’s emerging issues in order to pressure the United Nations as well as its member states to ensure responsive policies.

The United Nations’ Fund for Women’s Development (UNIFEM) was established in 1976 with the mission to provide direct support for projects promoting women’s participation in decision-making process of development programmes

Being an inter-governmental organization established in 1951, up to present, International Organization for Migration (IOM) has 101 state members and 31 state observers including Vietnam.

HelpAge International (HAI) is s global network, established since 1983 with the mission to work with and for disadvantaged elder people worldwide to achieve better livelihood.