EU-VN Women-led Green Partnership Programme

About this project

Viet Nam is a disaster-prone country, as a result of climate change; these risks are increasing due to climate change, as indicated in the NDC. Women predominantly work in agriculture, a sector that is more vulnerable to disaster risk impacts. Aligned with the ILO report, women are more likely to be employed in subsistence agriculture than men. But they have fewer savings and other resources, compared to men, to cope with disaster-related losses and they have less access to land and assets needed to secure financing to do so. In addition to that, women have limited capacity and capital to invest in climate-resilient and adaptation options. Last but not least, women¿s limited political participation in decision making bodies hinders their voice on priorities and their involvement in macro issues, such as green growth; climate change; disaster preparedness; etc. Viet Nam has the obligation and the intention to implement its international commitments, including on rules and standards for social, climate, environmental, gender equality and human rights. But the participation of non-State-actors (NSAs) in monitoring the implementation of the policies, codifying these international commitments, is still limited due to the fact that the government remains to be sceptical vis-à-vis the NSAs. Building on the EU¿s understanding of the political context and its experience in engaging with NSAs, the EU-VN Women-led Green Partnership Programme aims for a long-term vision of an enabling e…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Vietnam

Sectors

Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutionsEnvironmental policy and administrative management

Focus

Gender equality · Main focusEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focusDisaster risk reduction · Also contributes

Places

VN - Viet Nam

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-ACT-61405.

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