(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam made outstanding achievements in gender equality in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period from 2015 to 2019, including a 4.7 percent drop in child marriages in ethnic minority groups.
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The figure was included in the report “Figures on Ethnic Minority Women and Men in Vietnam 2015-2019” along with the “Policy Brief: Gender issues in ethnic minority areas in Vietnam”, which was launched on Wednesday.
The report was conducted by the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), in coordination with the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (ILSSA-MOLISA), and the Department of Ethnic Minority Affairs - Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA).
The report, which analyzed data of gender from 2015 to 2019, shows that the overall rate of child marriage reduced; the number of ethnic households having connected to the Internet increased; the average income per capita per month of ethnic minorities increased; and the average monthly income per capita of ethnic minority female-led households was always higher than that of male-led households.
The proportion of children attending school at the right age increased and the percentage of ethnic minority people participating in health insurance reached 93.5 percent with no difference between men and women, the report said.