Vietnamese and Argentine parliamentarians on October 5 hold a virtual discussion on women’s rights and challenges to the protection of women’s rights during the COVID-19 outbreak.Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese and Argentineparliamentarians on October 5 held a virtual discussion on women’s rights andchallenges to the protection of women’s rights during the COVID-19 outbreak.
In his remarks at the event, Deputy Head of the Vietnamese NationalAssembly (NA)’s External Relations Committee Nguyen Manh Tien said the virtualdiscussion aims to exchange experience between the two national assemblies onprotecting women’s rights during the COVID-19 as women are those most vulnerable during the unprecedented crisis.
Vietnam stands ready to deepen cooperation and shareexperience in COVID-19 response with Argentine’s National Congress andGovernment, he said. He expected the two legislative bodies to increasedelegation exchange and bilateral meetings on the sidelines of multilateralparliamentary forums, and to accelerate experience exchanges in parliamentaryaffairs as well as global and regional issues of mutual concerns.
Le Thi Nguyet, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese NA’s SocialAffairs Committee, said about 30.8 million workers have been laid off or hadworking hours cut in Vietnam as of June this year, 17.6 million of them women.The number of unemployed female workers was 2.14 percent higher than that ofmale labourers.
Meanwhile, women accounted for a majority of frontlinehealthcare workers in the fight against the coronavirus, Nguyet noted, addingthat women had to work from home and do household chores at the same time,doubling the burdens put on them in the time of COVID-19.
She urged the two parliaments to strengthen partnership andshare experience in COVID-19 response and ensuring social welfare for people.Female legislators should ramp up experience exchanges and law making in genderequality and empowerment of women and girls./.
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