STRENGTHENING FEMALE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION – A SOLUTION TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY
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https://doi.org/10.37569/DalatUniversity.12.1.768(2022)Keywords:
Challenges, Female political participation, Gender equality, Opportunity, Solution.Abstract
Promoting female political participation is a core issue associated with the prosperity and sustainable development of each nation. Female political participation not only helps individual women to advance, but also enhances progress for families, communities, and national development. Female political participation enhances women's voices, representation, decision-making rights, gender equality, and social progress. This paper emphasizes the need to promote female political participation both internationally and nationally, highlights the importance of female political participation, and analyzes opportunities and challenges for women in politics. The article also proposes solutions to promote female political participation and to increase the proportion of women in politics in Vietnam, for which the Vietnam Women’s Union, an important sociopolitical organization striving for the legitimate rights and interests of women, can play an active role.
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