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Mon, 10/20/2008 - 21:38
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Rural women need more training
HCM City (VNA) - Rural female labourers need greater access to
education and vocational training so they can get stable jobs and reduce
poverty in their households, experts say.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs says more than 50
percent of the 1 million labourers from rural areas entering the job market
every year are women.
The Government needs to ensure opportunities for women to improve their
education apart from supporting them with loans for production and trade in
their localities.
This is an important step in improving their knowledge and skills, which
in turn will help them find stable jobs and improve their living standards.
Ministry officials say most rural female labourers have poor education
levels and few job skills primarily because of the prevalent attitude among
parents in rural areas that daughters do not need to have high educational
qualifications. The predominant opinion is that women only need to learn how
to read and write, while sons should take advantage of higher education.
Without education and skills, many female labourers unable to find stable
jobs in their localities go to big cities in search of manual work.
The ministry estimates that Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi now have 1
million and 400,000 migrant labourers respectively, more than half of them
women.
The Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) plans to provide job skills for 50,000
female labourers each year beginning in 2009.
Priority will be given to female labourers in rural areas, middle-aged and
ethnic minority women, and women with disabilities.
The VWU will also work with enterprises and organisations in selecting the
skills that need to be provided to rural female labourers. The plan aims to
provide vocational training for 21 percent of the nation's female labour
force by 2010. The ratio of trained women labourers in the workforce will be
raised by three percent each year from then on.
The VWU has over the past five years provided vocational training to over
840,000 female labourers and created jobs for 670,000.-Enditem
education and vocational training so they can get stable jobs and reduce
poverty in their households, experts say.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs says more than 50
percent of the 1 million labourers from rural areas entering the job market
every year are women.
The Government needs to ensure opportunities for women to improve their
education apart from supporting them with loans for production and trade in
their localities.
This is an important step in improving their knowledge and skills, which
in turn will help them find stable jobs and improve their living standards.
Ministry officials say most rural female labourers have poor education
levels and few job skills primarily because of the prevalent attitude among
parents in rural areas that daughters do not need to have high educational
qualifications. The predominant opinion is that women only need to learn how
to read and write, while sons should take advantage of higher education.
Without education and skills, many female labourers unable to find stable
jobs in their localities go to big cities in search of manual work.
The ministry estimates that Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi now have 1
million and 400,000 migrant labourers respectively, more than half of them
women.
The Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) plans to provide job skills for 50,000
female labourers each year beginning in 2009.
Priority will be given to female labourers in rural areas, middle-aged and
ethnic minority women, and women with disabilities.
The VWU will also work with enterprises and organisations in selecting the
skills that need to be provided to rural female labourers. The plan aims to
provide vocational training for 21 percent of the nation's female labour
force by 2010. The ratio of trained women labourers in the workforce will be
raised by three percent each year from then on.
The VWU has over the past five years provided vocational training to over
840,000 female labourers and created jobs for 670,000.-Enditem
