Vietnam: Viet Nam Joint Programme on Gender Equality
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $4,500,000
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies UNFPA, ILO, UNDP, UNICEF, UN Women, FAO, IOM, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNODOC
Main Achievements
- Revitalization of the Gender Action Partnership (GAP), a quadripartite policy forum promoting gender equality and addressing gender-based violence (GBV).
- The Voice of Vietnam, a national radio station is engaged in awareness raising and advocacy for the Gender Equality Law through the dissemination of short radio plays.
- Improved capacity of State Management Agencies (SMAs) and other duty bearers to implement Law on Gender Equality and Law on Domestic Violence Prevention.
Contact Aya Matsura, matsuura@unfpa.org
The following twelve UN agencies and programmes: FAO, ILO, IOM, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIDO, UN Women, UNODC and WHO; in partnership with the Government of Vietnam, are providing strategic, coordinated and multi-sectoral technical assistance to build the capacity of national and provincial duty bearers so that they can better implement the Law on Gender Equality and Law on Domestic Violence from 2007-2010.
With 12 UN agencies forming a critical mass and speaking with one voice, we are better placed to bring about change at the highest level towards gender equality in Vietnam.