Vietnam has made significant progress in gender equality,
but important challenges remain both socially and economically, says the World
Bank.
Policy actions are needed to address
these challenges in the context of an economy making the transition from low to
middle income, Sudhir Shetty, Co-Director of the World Development Report 2012
on Gender Equality and Development, told media at the report launch in Hanoi on
Thursday.
Policymakers in developing
countries in general need to focus on gender gaps, he said.
The WDR 2012 shows that the one
disparity that remains serious is the rate at which girls and women die
relative to men in developing countries. Globally, excess female mortality
after birth and “missing” girls at birth account for an estimated 3.9 million
women each year in low and middle-income countries. About two-fifths are never
born, due to a preference for sons, a sixth die in early childhood, and over a
third die in their reproductive years.
The WDR 2012 calls for action
in four areas, namely addressing human capital issues, such as excessive
mortality of girls and women and gender gaps in education where these persist;
closing income and productivity gaps between women and men; giving women a
greater voice within households and societies; and limiting the perpetuation of
gender inequality across generations.
It recommends that to ensure
progress on gender equality is sustained, countries need to take concentrated
and durable measures such as reduction of the maternal mortality rate and
additional financing for social issues and environment, increasing women’s
access to economic opportunities. Each nation also needs to identify priorities
to address remaining gaps.
VNA
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