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Nguyen Thi Doan urges ASEAN parliamentaries to cooperate on gender issues
Hanoi (VNA) – Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan has urged parliamentarians from ASEAN countries to cooperate on a closer basis to promote gender issues as part of national programmes.
On addressing the opening session of a conference on the role of female
parliamentarians in the legislative process in Hanoi on Nov. 30, Vice State
President Doan said that she was pleased with the progress made by joint initiatives
between ASEAN members, to raise the profile of women by approving a series of
regional bills recognising the important role women play.
The Party and State of Vietnam have always paid attention to promoting gender
equality and Vietnamese women have benefited in political, socio-economic, cultural
and family life, she stressed.
At the conference, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong noted
that enhancing the role of female parliamentarians in lawmaking is an important goal
for every country and has been on the agenda of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly (AIPA) for many years.
Vietnam has made many important achievements in raising women’s input in
lawmaking, state management and socio-economic development. This is highlighted
by the level of women in the National Assembly as well as in elected organs, she
added.
She said that she hoped female parliamentarians from AIPA members will compare notes
and share their experiences on their role in lawmaking in order to find solutions to
issues that women face, discuss future cooperation and contribute to improving their
role and position in political and socio-economic activities.
The agenda of the two-day conference also includes the establishment of a regional
cooperation mechanism for female parliamentarians to exchange information and
experiences in lawmaking and gender integration.
The conference drew female parliamentarians from Cambodia , Laos , Indonesia ,
Malaysia , Singapore and Vietnam , the AIPA’s acting general-secretary I
Gusti Ayu Darsini, representatives from the UN Development Programme, international
organisations and several embassies in Hanoi.-Enditem
On addressing the opening session of a conference on the role of female
parliamentarians in the legislative process in Hanoi on Nov. 30, Vice State
President Doan said that she was pleased with the progress made by joint initiatives
between ASEAN members, to raise the profile of women by approving a series of
regional bills recognising the important role women play.
The Party and State of Vietnam have always paid attention to promoting gender
equality and Vietnamese women have benefited in political, socio-economic, cultural
and family life, she stressed.
At the conference, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong noted
that enhancing the role of female parliamentarians in lawmaking is an important goal
for every country and has been on the agenda of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly (AIPA) for many years.
Vietnam has made many important achievements in raising women’s input in
lawmaking, state management and socio-economic development. This is highlighted
by the level of women in the National Assembly as well as in elected organs, she
added.
She said that she hoped female parliamentarians from AIPA members will compare notes
and share their experiences on their role in lawmaking in order to find solutions to
issues that women face, discuss future cooperation and contribute to improving their
role and position in political and socio-economic activities.
The agenda of the two-day conference also includes the establishment of a regional
cooperation mechanism for female parliamentarians to exchange information and
experiences in lawmaking and gender integration.
The conference drew female parliamentarians from Cambodia , Laos , Indonesia ,
Malaysia , Singapore and Vietnam , the AIPA’s acting general-secretary I
Gusti Ayu Darsini, representatives from the UN Development Programme, international
organisations and several embassies in Hanoi.-Enditem
