“Gender equality in Vietnam has always been an important part of policy, with equal rights of women and men enshrined in the first constitution adopted in 1946. But nevertheless, gender awareness and capacity of the implementation and policy-making bodies are still limited. Nowadays it is increasingly understood that the impacts of climate change are likely to have different impacts on women and men. More broadly, it is now recognised that gendered development interventions tend to be more successful than interventions that do not take account of gender differences. Meanwhile, gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
Gender equality also plays an important role in the activities of the GIZ project. For the project to achieve its goal, it is important that a common understanding of gender principles is held during project implementation. To ensure this, a national expert, Mrs. Tran Thu Thuy from the Central Women’s Union, conducted gender training for local authorities, with the aim of strengthening the participants’ knowledge and skills on how to integrate gender aspects into project activities.”
The training was conducted as a dynamic workshop with a participatory approach including games, group work, presentations and a plenary discussion. Workshop regulations required active participation; all ideas to be listened-to and respected; no personal criticism and mobile phones to be in silent mode.
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