by Quan Bui Hoang | Jul 22, 2022
To better understand social norms and gender-based barriers facing female entrepreneurs, we have conducted research with 1,449 owners of micro & small business entities in 7 provinces in Vietnam to dissect: ■ the disproportionate burden of domestic care; ■...
by Quan Bui Hoang | Jul 20, 2022
Over the past 10 years, unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) has received significantly increased attention from economic policymakers. UCDW can be defined as those household services performed by household members for the direct use of other household members that...
by Quan Bui Hoang | Jul 20, 2022
In 2021, the Project Advancing Women Economic Empowerment in Vietnam (AWEEV), implemented by CARE and funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), undertook a baseline survey to inform project indicators. The baseline data was collected through face-to-face interviews with...
by Quan Bui Hoang | Jul 11, 2022
In Vietnam, the gender gap in the overall labour market has been narrowed significantly in the period 2010-2020, but the gender gap in access to quality employment and career development remained very large: women made up a larger proportion compared to men in the...
by Quan Bui Hoang | Jul 11, 2022
The unpaid care work (UCW) burden contributes to gender inequality in Vietnam. A survey by ActionAid Vietnam (AVV) and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) shows that women spend, on average, 4.06 hours a day doing unpaid care work compared to...
