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Vietnam lauds efforts in realising Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Vietnam lauds efforts in realising Women, Peace and Security Agenda
3/11/19
Ambassador
Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN,
has lauded the efforts made by countries, the UN and regional and international
organisations inrealising the Women, Peace and
Security Agenda.
Addressing a UN Security Council debate on Women, Peace and Security in New York on October 29, the ambassador held that the political will of UN member countries to meet specific commitments and actions is crucial to successfully realising the agenda.
He also highlighted the significance of support from the UN and international organisations in the field through the sharing of information and experience in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The diplomat underlined the engagement of women in all stages of peace processes, especially in post-dispute recovery.
He also shared Vietnam’s experience in strengthening women’s involvement in national reconstruction and development after the country resumed independence and unification.
Addressing the discussion, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres highlighted the leadership role of women in peace processes, especially in Yemen, Guinea-Bisau and Syria.
However, he pointed to challenges facing women in armed conflicts as well as the low ratio of female leaders in peacekeeping activities, citing only 4.2 percent of members of UN peacekeeping missions are women.
In 2018, although the ratio of women participating in parliaments increased to 24.3 percent on average, the ratio in countries suffering conflicts or post-conflict impacts is only 19 percent.
The UN chief also called on all countries to focus on realising their commitments to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.
At the open discussion, members of the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2492, which calls on countries and the international community to make commitments for implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda as well as priorities to ensure and promote the full, equal and meaningful engagement of women in peace processes./.
Addressing a UN Security Council debate on Women, Peace and Security in New York on October 29, the ambassador held that the political will of UN member countries to meet specific commitments and actions is crucial to successfully realising the agenda.
He also highlighted the significance of support from the UN and international organisations in the field through the sharing of information and experience in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The diplomat underlined the engagement of women in all stages of peace processes, especially in post-dispute recovery.
He also shared Vietnam’s experience in strengthening women’s involvement in national reconstruction and development after the country resumed independence and unification.
Addressing the discussion, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres highlighted the leadership role of women in peace processes, especially in Yemen, Guinea-Bisau and Syria.
However, he pointed to challenges facing women in armed conflicts as well as the low ratio of female leaders in peacekeeping activities, citing only 4.2 percent of members of UN peacekeeping missions are women.
In 2018, although the ratio of women participating in parliaments increased to 24.3 percent on average, the ratio in countries suffering conflicts or post-conflict impacts is only 19 percent.
The UN chief also called on all countries to focus on realising their commitments to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.
At the open discussion, members of the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2492, which calls on countries and the international community to make commitments for implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda as well as priorities to ensure and promote the full, equal and meaningful engagement of women in peace processes./.
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Gender equality is crucial to reinforce Vietnam’s economic dynamism and ensure its future prosperity.
Vietnamese women’s legal status and gender equality has been ensured in legal regulations in the country.
Businesses that provide equal career opportunities for men and women create a sustainable corporate culture, improve employee satisfaction and performance and attract and retain talent.
Women experience many obstacles in career development due to pregnancy and responsibility for childcare and chores in the house.
Gender equality at work reflects in the mindset of leaders of businesses where gender equality is an integral part of their strategies.
Businesses need to develop policies to improve gender equality at the workplace by enhancing leadership and talent among women staff, she said, adding flexible working policies for women should be adopted as part of efforts to improve gender equality.
The development and implementation of gender parity policies at the workplace increases competitiveness and creates good corporate culture and attracts and retains talent.
Women should be ambitious and motivated and get promoted to senior leadership positions.
As Vietnam is implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the spirit of “leaving no one behind”, the issues related to ethnic minorities and gender equality should receive special attention.
The rate of women parliamentarians in Vietnam has reached 27.1 percent, higher than regional and global averages, which is an achievement in the realisation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
Vietnam has stepped up gender mainstreaming in law making and enforcement, launched concrete programmes and plans on gender equality, and moved to prevent and fight gender-based violence.
It has also increased activities to communicate gender equality to people and empower women in society.
Aside from the high percentage of women parliamentarians, the rate of female business owners in Vietnam has reached 31.3 percent. These efforts have helped improve women’s role and standing.
Vietnam highly values the achievements gained in the implementation of the United Nations (UN)’s “women, peace and security” agenda, which makes significant contributions to realising sustainable development goals.
Vietnam welcomes the progress made in the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda, as highlighted in the Secretary-General’s report. We particularly applaud the increased participation of women and inclusion of gender perspective in all areas, from conflict prevention to peacebuilding, peace processes to reconstruction efforts.
Vietnam condemns all acts of violence and abuse against women and girls.
Vietnam fully recognizes the crucial role of women in conflict prevention and settlement, state-building, sustaining peace, and socio-economic development.
For centuries, Vietnamese women not only fought valiantly for the country’s freedom and independence but also worked hard and contributed significantly to the recovery and development of the country towards stability, sustainable development, and international integration.
Bravo Vietnam!
Today, as part of our commitment to United Nations peacekeeping, Vietnamese women officers are taking part in training and making necessary preparations to be deployed in the near future in UN peacekeeping missions.
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