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The idea of nationhood in Vietnam was popularized with women through the unity against a common enemy. By uniting against colonists—promoting the idea that the oppression of women was a necessary facet of colonial rule and that only with the overthrow of capitalist systems could women achieve equality, communists had immediate access to the social influences of women in Vietnam. [9]
A debate around women's rights and a first wave of feminism started with French educated Vietnamese urban elite women in the early 20th-century, voiced by the first women's press, such as the first women's magazine, the Nu Gioi Chuong (Women's Bell) founded by the first woman editor Suong Nguyet Anh 1919, and Phu Nu Tan Van (Women's News) from ...
From 1990 to 2016, Viet Nam's gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education grew from only 2.7% to 28.3%. Nevertheless, the ratio remains well below that of other countries in the region. [21] Specific regions of Vietnam where there are heavy imbalances of education attainment and wealth dragged the average down. [20]
The primary social issues in Vietnam are rural and child poverty. Vietnam scores 37.6 in the Gini coefficient index of wealth inequality, with the top 10% accounting for 30.2% of the nation's income and the bottom 10% receiving 3.2%. In 2008, 14% of the population lived below the national poverty line of US$1.15 per day. [1]
The Vietnamese Women’s Museum contains approximately 40,000 materials and artifacts, a permanent exhibition, frequent special exhibitions and an immersive audio guide illustrating the lives of Vietnamese women in the past, wartime and contemporary society. [7] The items were gathered by the museum and Vietnam Women’s Union since the 1970s. [8]
Rural women are particularly disadvantaged, both as poor and as women. [3] Women in both rural and urban areas face a higher risk of poverty and more limited economic opportunities than their male counterparts. [4] The number of rural women living in extreme poverty rose by about 50 percent over the past twenty years. [3]
The social and legal situation of women in Uzbekistan has been influenced by local traditions, religion, the Soviet rule, and changing social norms since independence. [76] Women in Vietnam played a significant role in defending Vietnam during the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1975. They took roles such as village patrol guards, intelligence agents ...
Rural women are particularly disadvantaged, both as poor and as women. [28] Women in both rural and urban areas face a higher risk of poverty and more limited economic opportunities than their male counterparts. [29] The number of rural women living in extreme poverty rose by about 50 percent over the past twenty years. [28]