1. System for Enhancing Women’s Representation in Vietnam’s National Assembly

2. DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION
Increase number of female candidates
Raising awareness
Increasing skills for female candidates
Electoral System

3. Increase number of female candidates
“The number of female National Assembly deputies shall be proposed by the National Assembly Standing Committee at the suggestion of the Presidium of Vietnam Women's Union Central Committee, thus ensuring that the number of female deputies is appropriate.”
Art 10a, Law on Election of the Deputies to the NA

4. Percentage of women in the NA to 2020
Goals
Organization
Percentage of women in the NA to 2020
Communist Party
35% to 40%
Vietnam Women's Union Central Committee
30%

5. Number of female candidates in recent elections

6. Female candidates elected
Raising Awareness
Raising Awareness
Female Candidates
Voters
Self-Selected
Female candidates elected

7. Raising Awareness Eliminate Bias and Discrimination
Women's role is limited to housework
Limited Resource

8. Training Skills for Female Candidates
Organized by Training Centre of the Office of the NA, Vietnam Women's Union Central Committee
Skills:
building campaign plan,
presentation;
communication with voters;
analyzing information, etc.

9. Electoral System Majority Voting System Multi-Member District
Voting for Individual Candidates

10. Number of Women in the National Assembly

11. SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION
Law on Gender Equality
Group of Female Deputies to the National Assembly
Training Skills for Female Deputies

12. Law On Gender Equality
Committee for Social Affairs has to examine the mainstreaming of gender equality in the draft laws
Identifying gender issue in the draft laws;
Guarantee of the basic principles of gender equality in the draft laws;
Observance of procedures for mainstreaming of gender equality in drafting the bill;
Feasibility of the draft laws to guarantee gender equality

13. Group of female deputies to the National Assembly
A forum for female deputies to have a common voice on the issues debated by the National Assembly, especially on ensuring gender equality, mainstreaming gender in legislation, prevention and control of domestic violence…

14. Training Skills for Female Deputies
Skills for communicating with voters
Skills for debate
Skills for negotiating

15. Participation of Female Deputies in Debate in the Chamber

16. Thank you!