Women make up an important percentage of the tourism workforce, but more work must be done to close the wealth and skills gap between men and women employed in tourism, according to a new World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)/UN Women report launched at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin (11 March 2011). According to the ‘Global Report on Women in Tourism’ - the first survey to map women’s participation in the tourism sector worldwide - tourism, one of the world’s largest generators of wealth and employment, provides a wide range of income-generation opportunities for women, particularly in developing regions. Women are almost twice as likely to be employers in tourism as compared to others sectors. Tourism also offers leadership possibilities, with women accounting for one in five tourism ministers worldwide; more than in any other branch of government. Nevertheless, women are often “concentrated in low-skill, low-paid and precarious jobs”, typically earn … [Read more...] about Tourism a vehicle for gender equality and women’s empowerment, UN reports
Gender equality
Action plan on gender equality of CST Industry in the 2011-2015 period
(Cinet) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST) has promulgated a Document No. 3110/KH-BVHTTDL on the action plan on gender equality of Culture, Sports and Tourism Industry in the 2011-2015 period. The promulgated action plan on gender equality aims at ensuring gender equality in the industry, field and draft of lawful norms on culture, family, sports and tourism. The set target is to reach 85-90% of leader, official, civil servant and laborer equipped with good knowledge of gender, gender equality and law on gender equality at basic to advanced levels. The MOCST assigned: Administrations, Departments and Units to proceed with conducting the action plan on gender equality in accordance with key activities. Department of Family as a clue to introduce the national strategy on gender equality and action plan on gender equality of the industry to units under directly the Ministry; chair and co-ordinate with the Committee for the advance of woman and Department of Laws to … [Read more...] about Action plan on gender equality of CST Industry in the 2011-2015 period
HCM City: Training of National Strategy Program on Gender Equality
(Cinet) - A training course of the National Strategy Program on the Gender Equality in HCM City in 2011- 2020 terms will take place in 3 days from October 04-06, 2011. The training course is organized by Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in HCM City with a participation of some cadres relating to gender equality in some districts in the city. Participating into the training course, some members will be guided to increase some skills about a gender equality in policy progress; adjust and enhance an organization mechanism; promote the State management of the gender equality; some skills about proposing to build an action program of gender equality in an association with a reality in some locals as well as national targets about gender equality in 2011-2020 terms. … [Read more...] about HCM City: Training of National Strategy Program on Gender Equality
Government – UN Joint Programme on Gender Equality – building a strong foundation for promoting gender equality
The Government - UN Joint Programme on Gender Equality has created a strong foundation for the government of Viet Nam to continue its important work to promote gender equality and women's empowerment, emphasized both the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the UN in Viet Nam, at the closing ceremony of the Joint Programme on Gender Equality (JPGE)organized today in Ha Noi. Launched exactly three years ago, the JPGE aimed to improve the capacity of national and provincial authorities and other duty bearers to effectively implement, monitor and evaluate the Law on Gender Equality and the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control. The total budget of the programme was USD4,683,516, of which more than USD4.5 million came from the Spanish Government through the Millennium Development Goal Achievement Fund (MDG-F) This Joint Programme supported the aim of the One UN initiative: to reduce overlap and deliver more coherent and effective … [Read more...] about Government – UN Joint Programme on Gender Equality – building a strong foundation for promoting gender equality
Implementing some activities of gender equality in 2012
(Cinet)- On May 31, the MOCST promulgated Decision No.2014/QĐ-BVHTTDL on approving for Plan about gender equality 2012. Building Plan about gender equality 2012 aims at carrying out some action plans about a gender equality in Action Plan about gender equality in fields of culture, sports and tourism and Plan for National Program about gender equality in 2011-2015 periods. Some activities has been carried out as follows: - Studying some aspects of gender equality in some Document about gender equality; organizing some activities in some provinces and cities in order to ensure some principles of gender equality; preventing some family violation to ensure a family happiness; proposing some requirements to adjust some contents for a good orientation. - Training some skills to enhance some gender equality in building a managing document in fields of culture, sports and tourism. In detail, the MOCST will organize a training course to meet some requirements for updating some … [Read more...] about Implementing some activities of gender equality in 2012