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304 Kim Ma, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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UN Women’s Strategy Note (SN) for Viet Nam 2022-2026 aims to significantly advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in the country. Fully aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2022-2026, the global UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and Viet Nam's Socio-Economic Development Plan 2021-2030, the SN aims to support Viet Nam in achieving its national development priorities and the SDGs, in particular SDG5, so that no women or girls are left behind.
We build on the knowledge and lessons learned from previous years aiming to work better, broaden our reach and impact, and pursue long-term sustainability through all our normative, coordination, and programmatic interventions.
Working with national and international partners, UN Women addresses gender-based inequalities and discrimination, and promotes behavioral and social norms change.
Leveraging on UN Women's triple mandate, our programming focuses on four thematic areas to drive results to complex and inter-connected challenges:
Viet Nam has shown commitment to advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE), through the adoption of a comprehensive legal framework on GEWE including:
However, challenges persist in various areas. Patriarchal social norms and negative gender stereotypes are still pervasive. Violence against women is a significant concern. Meanwhile, women’s overrepresentation in the informal sector undermines their position in the economy and erodes their resilience to economic shocks. While climate change and natural disasters threaten the livelihoods, education and safety of rural, ethnic-minority and poor women and girls, with at least seven major storms and floods, flash floods or landslides being recorded each year, women are not actively engaged in climate change education and planning. Additionally, disasters exacerbate the burden of unpaid care and domestic work on women, while also heightening the risk of violence against them.
Contact us
Green One UN House
304 Kim Ma, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Tel: (+84 24) 385 00100 | Fax: +84 43 822 3579
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