ASEAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS’ NETWORK (AWEN) Presented by Mrs.Nguyen Thi Tuyet Minh, Chairwoman of Vietnam Woman entrepreneurs Council – VWEC Chairperson of AWEN

PRESENTATIONS I. INTRODUCTION OF AWEN II. AWEN’S CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL PROTECTION

INTRODUCTION OF AWEN What is AWEN? ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs’ Network is a regional network of national women entrepreneurs’ associations/organizations; enterprises and/or other economic entities owned or managed by women in all economic sectors in the ASEAN region

AWEN Launching workshop in April 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam

Vision Mission INTRODUCTION OF AWEN “To be the leading organization in ASEAN for the promotion, development, and empowerment of women entrepreneurs” Vision To improve the capacity of ASEAN women entrepreneurs and boost ASEAN women entrepreneurs’ development and networking through the Network’s activities. Mission

INTRODUCTION OF AWEN Purposes: To create a regional forum for ASEAN women entrepreneurs for sharing information, knowledge and experience; To assist ASEAN women entrepreneurs to improve their business management and skills; To support ASEAN women entrepreneurs’ better access to financial institutions, science and technology, trainings, market and business opportunities; To support ASEAN women starting their businesses; To link with other international and regional networks/organizations of women entrepreneurs.

INTRODUCTION OF AWEN Organizational Structure: AWEN has Coordination Board, Chairperson, Country Coordinators (Focal points), and AWEN Secretariat. The first Chair of AWEN is Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC) for the 02-year term (4/2014-4/2016 ) and the Role of AWEN Chair shall be rotating for every two years among ASEAN Member States.

( 10 COUNTRY COORDINATORS ) INTRODUCTION OF AWEN AWEN CHAIRPERSON AWEN SECRETARIAT COORDINATION BOARD ( 10 COUNTRY COORDINATORS ) AWEN MEMBERS

INTRODUCTION OF AWEN Main fields of activities Improve Institutional capacity Annual ASEAN women entrepreneurs forum /regional workshops Promote Trade & Investment; partnership with partners Researches/Studies/ policy recommendations Capacity building for WEs/ WEs Associations/ Organizations

CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL PROTECTION Social protection for female employees - Corporate Social Responsibility – CSR: Occupational safety and heath (OSH), opportunities for woman promotion at work, HIV/AIDS Prevention at workplace, migrant female workers etc. Social services for employees: kindergarten for workers; health services; Gender equity issues and gender equality at business level; Job creation for women and girls through start- up and expand business programmes; Microfinance services for women-led enterprises/households Education and training services for poor- women, MSMEs led by women

CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL PROTECTION Mainstreaming the social protection in research reports and studies on business woman in the region Regional workshops/forums for sharing the results of the research reports and studies/experiences/ good practices on social protection, services for female workers;

Thank you for your listening! Contact details: AWEN Chairperson: Mrs.Nguyen Thi Tuyet Minh Email: minhntt2000@gmail.com AWEN Secretariat Mrs. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao Address  : 6th Flr, VCCI Building, No 9 Dao Duy Anh Street, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel          : 84 - 435742022 ext 339; Fax: 84 - 435742023/ 35746937 HP         : 84 - 915 570909 Email: phuongthao171@gmail.com