“From Crisis to Growth: Implications and Opportunities for Women”

According to a report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Asia, the global economic downturn has made 22 million female workers redundant, including around 8 million women in
Participants in the seminar discussed ways of finding opportunities for women to draw the best lessons from other countries to apply in
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dao Viet Trung said that the seminar also identified challenges and opportunities for women in the post-crisis period, especially when
The Vietnamese Government has being implementing fiscal and monetary policies and measures to boost production and trade, such as launching stimulus packages as well as giving priority to social welfare and poverty reduction, he said.
The UN’s Resident Coordinator in Vietnam, John Hendra also called on the Vietnamese Government to work together to identify practical and relevant strategies and come up with recommendations to address the immediate needs of women and ensure that it will continue to invest in women and in gender equality in general.