Conversations on Vietnam Development
Every year, the long-standing preference for boys in Vietnam’s society terminates 40,800 baby girls before they are born, according to the United Nations Population Fund. Tiếp tục đọc “40,800 female births doomed in Vietnam every year”
Sexual imbalance at birth is increasing and is currently at a serious level in Vietnam, with the sex ratio at birth (boys per 100 girls) remaining quite high, stated a report on population and family planning, released on August 29.
Ethnic minority children join Khmer language class at new Tra Tim Pagoda, Dai Tan commune, My Xuyen district, Soc Trang province.
According to the report released by the General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP), skewed birth sex ratio is still on the rise. The total number of children born in the first six months of 2017 was almost 485,000, increasing by over 7,100 (up 1.5%) in comparison with the same period in 2016, of which the number of newborn boys is 257,727, an increase of 3,809 (up 2.1%), while the number of newborn girls is 227,219, an increase of 3,358. Tiếp tục đọc “Sexual imbalance at birth remains critical in Vietnam”
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East Asians are known for creating wealth nationally and personally but this does not necessarily produce women’s political empowerment or participation. One of the poorest countries in the world, Rwanda, sits atop the very wealthy Nordic states, the United States and newly rich Asia with the highest female representation in national politics worldwide.
In East Asia, the Philippines boasts the highest representation of women in political institutions. Nearly 30 per cent of the Philippines’ lower house is occupied by women, and women form a quarter of the upper house. In local politics, women also fare well, with 17 out of 80 provinces having voted for female governors in 2013. Since 2010, women have also made up 40–45 per cent of the highest civil service positions. Tiếp tục đọc “Women and politics in East Asia”
asiafoundation – November 25 marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and we are now in the midst of a global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. (Tune in next Thursday, December 10 at 11am EST to our live #GBVChat Tweetchat relay on Promising Approaches to Ending Gender-Based Violence.)
Earlier this year, the UN found alarmingly high levels of violence against women and girls, with one in three women across the globe experiencing violence in their lifetimes. Worldwide, most violence against women is committed by a current or former intimate partner, leading some to warn that there is in fact no place less safe for a woman than in her own home.
Tiếp tục đọc “The Persistent Gender Gap and How It Perpetuates Violence Against Women”
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