NAME OF ORGANIZATION:

National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam (NCFAW)

ADDRESS:

39 Hang Chuoi Street
Hanoi, Vietnam

Tel: 84-4-9711349/9711350
Fax: 84-4-8210068/9711348
Email: ncfaw @hn.vnn.vn
URL: http://www.ubphunu.ncfaw.gov.vn

HEAD OF ORGANIZATION:

Mme. Ha Thi Khiet, Chairperson of the National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT:

• 1985 (called the National Committee for the Women's Decade)
• 1993 (recalled the National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam)

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:

OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS:

Objective:
Strive for gender equality and advancement of Vietnamese women.

Functions:
- Advise the Prime Minister to develop and monitor the implementation of National Strategy and Plan of Action for the Advancement of Vietnamese Women; collaborate with concerned agencies to make proposals to the Prime Minister on formulating laws and policies related to gender equality and women's advancement.
- Coordinate with relevant agencies to promote and monitor the implementation of laws and policies related to women at ministries, branches and provinces.
- Coordinate with concerned agencies to disseminate and advocate implementation of laws and policies related to women and the UN convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); take a leading role in preparing periodic national reports on the implementation of CEDAW in Vietnam.
- Be a focal point in the international cooperation on gender equality and women's advancement.

MAIN INITIATIVES, ACTIVITIES, PROJECTS, PROGRAMMES:

- Cooperating with concerned ministries, central agencies to direct the implementation of the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam by 2010 and Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam by 2005 at all levels.
- Directing activities for the advancement of women.
- Conducting regular monitoring of activities for the Advancement of women at ministries, central agencies, provinces and cities.
- Implementing operational capacity building for the advancement of women.
- Participating in researching and formulating laws and policies related to women.
- Preparing the 5th and 6th combined National Report on CEDAW implementation.
- Implementing the project VIE01/015/01 " Support to the National Machinery for the Advancement of Women to Mainstream Gender in National Policy and Programs" (2002-2004) supported by UNDP and the Royal Netherlands Embassy.
- Implementing the programme on enhancing capacity building for female cadres at administrative levels and elective bodies.
- Maintaining the Gender network at branch-ministerial level.
- Secretariat to the Gender Action Partnership (GAP)- GAP is an inclusive partnership that aims to involve representatives of all key government, non-government, bilateral, multilateral and UN agencies, established in 1999.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

- "Women and Progress" Newsletter in Vietnamese and English
- The national Reports on CEDAW implementation
- Statistics on Women and Men in Vietnam
- Hand book " Documents on organization and operation for the advancement of women in Vietnam"
- Situation Analysis and Policy Recommendations to promote the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality in Vietnam.
- Training manuals on Gender mainstreaming; Women in People's Councils; Gender Analysis and Planning
- Law for the Advancement of Women.