Chapter III
MEASURES TO ENSURE GENDER EQUALITY
Article 19. Measures to promote gender equality
1. The measures to promote gender equality include:
a) To provide for the proportion of male and female or to ensure appropriate female to participate and benefit;
b) To train, foster to improve the ability of woman or man;
c) To support in providing the conditions and opportunities for woman or man;
d) To provide for specific criteria and conditions for woman or man;
dd) To provide that woman has the right to be selected where woman has the equal qualifications and criteria with man;
e) Measures to promote gender equality provided in Article 11 section 5, Article 12 section 2, Article 13 section 4, Article 14 section 5 of this Law.
2. The National Assembly, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee and the Government have the authority to stipulate measures to promote gender equality as provided in section 1 of this Article, have the responsibility to review the implementation of measures to promote gender equality and to decide to end these measures when the goals of gender equality have been achieved.
Article 20. To ensure the basic principles of gender equality in the improvement of legal normative documents system
1. The development, amendment and supplementation of legal normative documents must ensure the basic principles of gender equality.
2. The basic principles of gender equality are the key foundations in checking to amend and supplement the legal normative documents.
Article 21. To mainstream gender equality in the development of legal normative documents
1. The mainstreaming of gender equality in the development of legal normative documents shall include:
a) To define gender issue and measures to implement in the field that is adjusted by legal normative documents;
b) To forecast the impact of the regulations in the legal normative documents on woman and man when promulgated;
c) To determine the responsibility and resources to deal with gender issues within the adjustment scope of legal normative documents.
2. The key drafting agency of legal normative documents has the responsibility to mainstream gender equality in the documents and prepare reports on the mainstreaming of gender equality in the development process of legal normative documents according to the contents laid down in section 1 of this Article and in annexes of information and statistics on gender related to the draft legal normative documents.
3. The assessing agency of legal normative documents has the responsibility to coordinate with the state management agency of gender equality to appraise the mainstreaming of gender equality in the development of legal normative documents. Issues subjected to appraisal include:
a) The identification of the gender issue in the draft laws and other documents;
b) Ensuring the basic principles of gender equality in the draft laws and other documents;
c) The feasibility of the solution to the issue of gender that is subject to adjustment in the draft laws and other documents;
d) The mainstreaming of gender equality in the development process of the draft laws and other documents according to the contents laid down in section 1 of this Article.
4. The Government shall stipulate the mainstreaming of gender equality in development of legal normative documents.
Article 22. Examination of the mainstreaming of gender equality
1. The National Assembly Committee responsible for the gender issue shall have the responsibility to coordinate with the Council of Ethnic Minorities and other committees of the National Assembly to examine the mainstreaming of gender equality in the draft laws, ordinances and resolutions before submitting to the National Assembly and the National Assembly’s Standing Committee for review and adoption.
2. Contents of the examination of the mainstreaming of gender equality shall include:
a) The identification of the gender issue in the draft laws and other documents;
b) The insurance of the principles of gender equality in the draft laws and other documents;
c) The compliance with the procedure and sequence for assessing the mainstreaming of gender equality in development of draft laws and other documents;
d) The feasibility of the draft laws and other documents to ensure gender equality.
Article 23. Information, education, communication on gender and gender equality
1. The information, education and communication on gender and gender equality are the important measures to enhance the awareness of gender and gender equality issues.
2. The information, education, communications on gender and gender equality shall be included in the education syllabus in schools, in activities of agencies, organizations and community.
3. The information, education, communications on gender and gender equality shall be conducted through the education programmes, publications, broadcasts and television programmes and other forms.
Article 24. Financial resources for the gender equality activities
1. The financial resources for the gender equality activities shall include:
a) State budget;
b) Voluntary contribution of organizations and individuals;
c) Other sources of legal incomes.
2. The management and use of the financial resources for gender equality activities must meet the set objectives, be effective and in accordance with the law.
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Luật Bình đẳng giới 2006 (Bản Word)
