Update: March, 09/2021 - 11:24 | Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI Ireland and 11 member states of the UN Security Council, including Việt Nam, on Monday held a meeting entitled Call to Lead by Example: Ensuring the Full, Equal and Meaningful Participation of Women in UN-led Peace Processes on the occasion of the International Women s Day (March 8). Addressing representatives of nearly 60 countries and UN agencies, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo highlighted the UN’s efforts in pursuit of this common objective via the mainstreaming of gender equality in the UN system, noting that women currently account for 54 per cent of the senior leadership of special political missions.
Update: March, 09/2021 - 15:20 | A health worker is injected with COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday morning in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. VNA/VNS Photo GIA LAI The COVID-19 vaccination drive reached the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Tuesday, making it the fourth locality in Việt Nam to vaccinate people on the front lines of fighting the pandemic after Hà Nội, HCM City and Hải Dương Province. Sixty-one medical workers and staff at Gia Lai Province’s Field Hospital and 39 others in the province’s General Hospital are expected to get vaccinated on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) convened the second week of its 46th regular session from March 1 to 5, with debates on promoting civil and political rights along with economic, cultural, and social rights, including the rights of the child and of persons with disabilities (PWDs).
Phạm Thị Xuân Hồng, owner of PinkShopGiayDep, was among six women from Southeast Asia to be honoured at the inaugural Lazada Forward Women Awards that recognise women trailblazers across the region in the e-commerce space who showcase resilience and innovation as entrepreneurs.