Article 1. To approve the national program on gender equality during 2011-2015 with the following principal contents:

1. Objectives of the program: To strongly improve awareness about gender equality in order to change the entire society's behaviors toward gender equality; to step by step narrow the gender gap and raise the status of women in some fields in which gender inequality or a high risk of gender inequality is still prevalent, contributing to the successful achievement of the objectives of the national strategy for gender equality during 2011-2020.

2. Target groups and scope of the program:

a/ Target groups of the program: state agencies; economic organizations, non-business units, people's armed forces units; political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-political-professional organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations; families and citizens.

b/ Scope of the program: The program shall be implemented nationwide.

3. Contents of the program:

a/ The project on communication to raise awareness and change behaviors toward gender equality (Project 1).

b/ The project to raise the capacity and effectiveness of state management of gender equality (Project 2).

c/ The project to build capacity for female deputies to the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels, female managers and leaders at all levels; female candidates for election of deputies to the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels of the 2016-2020 tenure, and female cadres planned for promotion (Project 3).

d/ The project to provide supports for the realization of gender equality in fields, sectors, areas and localities in which gender inequality or high risk of gender inequality is prevalent (Project 4).

e/ The project to support the provision and development of gender equality counseling and assistance services (Project 5).

Full text of the National Programme on Gender Equality 2011 - 2015: 1241qdttgnationalprogrammeongend.pdf