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Vietnam hold International workshop on promoting women's role in global peace processes
Vietnam hold International workshop on promoting women's role in global peace processes
An international workshop started in Hà Nội on Monday to encourage women’s and girls’ participation in global peace processes.
More than 100 international and national representatives took part in the meeting to discuss their experiences on the topic.
The workshop aims to raise awareness and help Vietnamese sectors and organisations to develop national action plans on women, and global peace and security.
These plans play an important role in realising the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, initiated by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2000.
The workshop also aimed to provide policy recommendations to help Việt Nam actualise the proposals made during its term as a non-permanent member of the council during 2020-21.
Speaking at the meeting, Assistant Foreign Minister Đỗ Việt Hùng said the workshop was essential to help Việt Nam review and improve its mechanisms and policies towards the WPS agenda.
He stressed the country’s consistent directions and policies towards actualising the agenda, especially through its UNSC term and efforts to achieve the sustainable development goals.
“The women, peace and security national action plans have been developed and carried out in 98 member countries of the United Nations,” Hùng said. “Although not legally binding documents, they help to unite, direct and coordinate national-level efforts to promote the role of women’s and girls’ role in peace processes. With that meaning, research on these action plans will open a new door to amplifying Việt Nam’s initiatives at the United Nations Security Council and confirm our strong commitment to striving towards gender equality.”
Rana Flowers, representative of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Việt Nam, said that Việt Nam’s action plan on women, peace and security will be a powerful supplement to the Government’s existing efforts in protecting and empowering women in all sectors.
It will also help to increase interest and actions on Vietnamese women’s needs for security, including how to respond to emerging challenges such as COVID-19 and climate change, she said.
Flowers said she highly valued Việt Nam’s pioneering role in the global peacekeeping efforts and humanitarian protection of women and girls in conflicts and crises, referring to the 15 Vietnamese women soldiers sent to the United Nations peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Central African Republic.
In all prevention activities, Việt Nam has also maintained an encouraging level of participation of women between 16 and 20 per cent, she added.
Elisa Fernandez Saenz, representative of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in Việt Nam, said the plan will help Việt Nam identify future priorities and opportunities.
It will also help to connect and link other national strategies of the country such as the National Strategy on Gender Equality for the 2021-30 period, National Action Plan for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, she added.
UN Women and other UN agencies will always stand ready to support the Vietnamese Government and sectors during this process, she said./.
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All comments [ 21 ]
Women peacekeepers are enablers to build trust and confidence with local communities, thus help prevent and reduce conflict and confrontation. More importantly, they inspire, encourage, create role models for women and girls to become a meaningful part of peace and political processes.
Despite the difficulties in their daily lives, female officers of the People's Army of Viet Nam in South Sudan and the Central African Republic not only fulfilled their duties but also proactively proposed to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission many extra-duty activities to help local people, such as: voluntarily teaching homeless children, donating gifts to the poor, and guiding local people on farming activities.
Increasing women’s participation means more effective peacekeeping and peacebuilding.
Not only do they complete the task, but they also inspire others and help bring Vietnamese values closer to international friends.
We hope that, for Vietnamese female officers in particular and female officers in the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in general, their living conditions will be paid greater attention to.
Their roles and contributions should be recognized and appreciated not only within their missions but also in the world.
Engaging women in peacekeeping forces is a typical example of gender equality, a cause that the United Nations is promoting.
Supporting women’s participation, empowerment and leadership in all fields is one of the cornerstones of our support in Viet Nam.
The UN member states should have proper national action plans to realize its international commitments on women empowerment.
Vietnam has provided initiatives on empowering women and promoting their engagement in international agendas.
They promote inclusive and participatory inter-ministerial coordination, how they are a way for the government to realize its international commitments, and how they are able to support the government to respond swiftly in times of crisis, like the Covid-19 pandemic, to protect women and girls from additional harm.
the Covid-19 pandemic has tested governments, women, and other peacebuilders. It has added yet another layer of risk and complexity to conflicta and further widened inequalities and threatened to undermine human rights.
We call for enhancing programmes and activities for women capacity building at local, national and international levels in order to promote sustainable peace and women's economic empowerment.
For countries to achieve prosperous and stable development, the role of women is absolutely essential, not only as beneficiaries, but more importantly as leaders and active contributors.
There's the need to strengthen public-private partnerships as well as collaboration among the UN, its member state, and non-governmental organisations, in sharing experiences, mobilising resources and enhancing women's ability.
Vietnam's commitment to upholding the role and rights of women in general, and international peace and security in particular.
Vietnamese women hold many leadership positions in the country, and play an important role in economic development, and actively contribute to international issues, including participating in UN peacekeeping operations.
Vietnam will make efforts and join hands with the international community to continue taking specific measures in order to enhance the role of women in development, peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction.
There are challenges, experience and proposals to promote women's participation, especially in the economic field, in the process of conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconstruction.
The mobilisation of equal engagement of men and women is crucial in ensuring the effectiveness of natural disaster prevention and control activities, strengthening the resilience of the whole community.
Vietnam has set up a solid legal framework conducive to gender equality, she said, stressing the significance of the Gender Equality Law, the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control, and the National Strategy for Gender Equality.
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