SDG 5 Gender equality

The Executive Board of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) approved the 10th country programme for Viet Nam in the amount of $26.5 million to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, targeting those at risk of being left behind, including women and girls, adolescents ...

Earlier this year, CICP has initiated a new research project entitled” Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Water Resources Sharing Platform: Building Voice, Improving Best Practice” with the kind support of Oxfam in Cambodia. The project attempts to explore how to support and positively impact the development of this ...

This report is launched by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), with financial support from the Embassy of Ireland in Viet Nam, and in coordination with the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs under the Ministry ...

Gender inequality underscores the lives of women all over the world. At the Open Development Initiative, we wanted to understand how this impacted women in the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) in their access to open data.In 2019, ...

This report presents an assessment of the economic impact of the pandemic on vulnerable groups, households and enterprises based on information produced by the Government of Viet Nam, other international development partners and the United Nations agencies in Viet Nam. It is aimed at helping ...

This rapid assessment is part of UNICEF Viet Nam’s comprehensive support to the Government of Viet Nam to inform its policy-making in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of children and their families negatively and positively through multiple socio-economic dimensions. ...

With the aim of helping to inform the Government of Viet Nam’s response and recovery to COVID-19, UNDP and UN Women in Viet Nam commissioned a report “COVID-19 Impact on Vulnerable Households and Enterprises in Viet Nam: A Gender-sensitive Assessment” (RIM-2020). The report is evidence-based ...

The State of Knowledge: Women and Rivers in the Mekong Region highlights women’s contributions—both actual and potential—to better governance, social, and environmental outcomes for rivers in the Mekong region. The report spotlights women’s achievements in water decision-making and river governance, but also the major barriers ...

To achieve the mission to transform the world through a new approach to sustainable peace, Investment Exchange (IIX) believe that we must address the root causes of inequality and injustice in the world, especially gender inequality. IIX’s projects and activities are aiming at eliminating inequality, injustice, ...

Blue Swallow (Én Xanh) is a Vietnam’s leading program to build, accelerate and recognize business initiatives for social changes. The program aims at promoting and accelerating spirit and pioneering business solutions to contribute to solving social and environmental protection issues.The Blue Swallow 2019 is co-organised ...