Despite high number of female Vietnamese labourers, inequality persists

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Some 72 per cent of Vietnamese women have joined the labour force, higher than the average world percentage (42 per cent), and ranking only behind Cambodia (81 per cent).

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Percentage of female labourers in the labour force of Viet Nam compared with the world, East Asia-Pacific, low middle income countries and Cambodia. 

These figures were revealed in a recently-released report of the Centre for Development and Integration, a Vietnamese non-governmental and non-profit organisation.

The statistics are based on surveys and studies conducted by a network for migrant workers called M.net, set up by Oxfam, with six Vietnamese non-governmental members. Tiếp tục đọc “Despite high number of female Vietnamese labourers, inequality persists” →

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Menstruating girls banned from crossing Ghana river

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Image caption Girls living near Kyekyewerein (not pictured) are affected by the ban

Ghanaian schoolgirls have been banned from crossing a river while they are menstruating – and on Tuesdays.

The ban, apparently given by a local river god, has outraged children’s activists, especially as girls must cross the river to reach school.

It means girls in the Upper Denkyira East district, in the Central Region, could miss out on their education.

Sub-Saharan Africa is already struggling to keep girls in school during their periods. Tiếp tục đọc “Menstruating girls banned from crossing Ghana river” →