How paying attention to gender differences in emergencies prevent deeper gender inequalities

Reflection on CARE’s response to typhoon Damrey in central VietnamIt has been increasingly known that disasters affect women and men, girls and boys, the old and the young in different wa...

Keeping silent – the most common reaction to violence

“Many women only dare to say they have a motorbike accident after being beaten by their husbands,” said Ms. Lo Thi Chanh, Chairwoman of Muong Phang communal Women’s Union in Dien Bien dis...

Breaking the silence around gender based violence among ethnic minority communities in Dien Bien

Dien Bien, 10 September 2018 – Dien Bien province will, for the first time, have a project focusing on minimising gender-based violence among ethnic minority communities to promote gender...

Information for adaptation in Vietnam project officially launched

Dien Bien, 28 August 2018 – The inception workshop of Information for adaptation in Vietnam (InfoAct) project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Developmen...

A new project to support livelihood and adaptation to climate change for ethnic minority farmers

Dien Bien, 28 August 2018 - Despite mainly living on agriculture, farmers in general and ethnic minority farmers in particular in the Northern mountainous areas still do not have sufficie...

Gender and Climate Change integration into poverty reduction policy planning

During 8 and 10 August 2018, 36 representatives from Ha Giang Department on Ethnic Minority Affairs; Departments of Investment and Planning, Agriculture and Rural Development, Culture-Spo...

Opportunity for Vietnamese journalists to enhance knowledge on gender

Journalists interested in the round table discussion about gender in development in Hanoi on 23rd July 2018 should contact the Institute for Research on Development Communication at dangy...

Vietnam’s Law on Access to Information: an opportunity to narrow information gap among ethnic minorities

Hanoi, 12 July 2018 – Vietnam’s first Law on Access to Information, effective as of 1st July 2018, provide a crucial opportunity for state authorities, social organisations and citizens t...

Financial services expanded for ethnic minority women

Hanoi, 12 June 2018 – CARE International in Vietnam and Procter & Gamble (P&G) today launch a new project called Reach to Excel to support the economic empowerment of ethnic minor...