How to Design the Vietnam Labor Code to Improve Gender Equality
Vietnam is in the process of updating its Labor Code of 2012. This advisory note is designed to inform a dialog on opportunities for how the 2012 Labor Code can be adjusted to balance the playing field between men and women so that they have equal...
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okr-10986-317712021-05-25T09:24:08Z How to Design the Vietnam Labor Code to Improve Gender Equality World Bank Group LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR POLICY LABOR CODE RETIREMENT AGE GENDER WAGE GAP GENDER GAP FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WORKER RIGHTS LEAVE CHILD CARE EQUALITY Vietnam is in the process of updating its Labor Code of 2012. This advisory note is designed to inform a dialog on opportunities for how the 2012 Labor Code can be adjusted to balance the playing field between men and women so that they have equal access to and equal benefits from the labor market. It does so with to objective to support the gender assessment of new laws as stipulated by the Vietnam Promulgation of Laws of 2015. The advisory note draws on analysis carried out by the task team and under the World Bank’s Vietnam Jobs Diagnostic. This advisory note is follow-up to a workshop hosted by the Social Affairs Committee of the Vietnam National Assembly and The World Bank on January 11, 2019, for members of the Social Affairs Committee and other National Assembly representatives. After the workshop the Committee and Social Affairs Department of the National Assembly asked for a write up of the recommendation made at the workshop. The recommendations and the workshop were carried out as part of the Vietnam Women’s Economic Empowerment Project under the Australia-World Bank Group Strategic Partnership Program 2 (ABP2). The project is supporting the Government of Vietnam on its efforts to ensure that gender is addressed in legislation, including for example, the Labor Code. 2019-06-03T16:58:01Z 2019-06-03T16:58:01Z 2019-05-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/420521558625701031/How-to-Design-the-Vietnam-Labor-Code-to-Improve-Gender-Equality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31771 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Hanoi Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study East Asia and Pacific Vietnam |
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Vietnam is in the process of updating
its Labor Code of 2012. This advisory note is designed to
inform a dialog on opportunities for how the 2012 Labor Code
can be adjusted to balance the playing field between men and
women so that they have equal access to and equal benefits
from the labor market. It does so with to objective to
support the gender assessment of new laws as stipulated by
the Vietnam Promulgation of Laws of 2015. The advisory note
draws on analysis carried out by the task team and under the
World Bank’s Vietnam Jobs Diagnostic. This advisory note is
follow-up to a workshop hosted by the Social Affairs
Committee of the Vietnam National Assembly and The World
Bank on January 11, 2019, for members of the Social Affairs
Committee and other National Assembly representatives. After
the workshop the Committee and Social Affairs Department of
the National Assembly asked for a write up of the
recommendation made at the workshop. The recommendations and
the workshop were carried out as part of the Vietnam Women’s
Economic Empowerment Project under the Australia-World Bank
Group Strategic Partnership Program 2 (ABP2). The project is
supporting the Government of Vietnam on its efforts to
ensure that gender is addressed in legislation, including
for example, the Labor Code. |
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How to Design the Vietnam Labor Code to Improve Gender Equality |
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