A conference on increasing the capacity for supervising and enforcing the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Law on Gender Equality was held in Danang City on November 3.
Delegates presented an overview of the CEDAW, the Law on Gender Equality, and the Government Decree on gender equality related administrative punishment.
They also devised next year’s plan for inspecting the enforcement of the gender equality law and shared experiences in implementing Party and State decrees and guidelines in this field.
Promoting gender equality and ensuring women’s rights has always been one of the top priorities in Party and State policies, being regulated in the first 1946 Constitution and revamped in subsequent revised constitutions.
Vietnam made a strong commitment to promoting gender equality and women’s advancement by joining the (CEDAW) in 1980.
The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) approved the Law on Gender Equality in 2006, marking a step towards ensuring gender equality in the country.
The Vietnamese Government has also asked the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to function as a state management agency for gender equality.
After the conference, inspectors from local and municipal Departments of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will work out specific plans to integrate inspecting and monitoring the enforcement of the gender equality law into the their annual tasks and report their plans to the Government.
(VOV)
