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Gender quality in ethnic minority groups gets a boost

VGP – The PM has ratified a project on supporting gender equality in ethnic minority areas in the 2018-2025 period.

November 30, 2017 4:09 PM GMT+7

The project will be implemented at communes and districts where ethnic minority groups are living. 

It aims to alter gender equality and raise female status in the ethnic minority groups; thus contributing to successfully realizing the goals stipulated in the National Strategy on Gender Equality.

It targets to educate 100% of staff members on ethnic group tasks; 50% of staff members at district and commune levels; village patriarchs, heads of mountain villages on the regulations on gender equality and enforcement of policies and laws on gender equality.

In addition, 80% of ethnic minority households will access information on sexes and gender equality./.

By Khanh Phuong