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* Strengthening women’s livelihoods and resilience to disasters and climate change in Viet Nam
* Marlène Schiappa: “For generations, we have been nominating men just because they are men”




** Strengthening women’s livelihoods and resilience to disasters and climate change in Viet Nam ([link removed])
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Jan 08, 2020 12:21 pm
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When Tran Thi My Linh, a 51-year-old rural woman first said that she would replace her rice fields with lotus fields, she raised many eyebrows. In the little commune of Hoa Dong in Phu Yen province, just south of Viet Nam’s capital, Ha Noi, villagers had planted rice for generations. However, with the changing weather patterns in recent years, millions of people have been affected in Phu Yen and in rural Viet Nam in general and people have started looking for new livelihoods.
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** Marlène Schiappa: “For generations, we have been nominating men just because they are men” ([link removed])
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Jan 07, 2020 02:16 pm
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Marlène Schiappa, Minister of State for Gender Equality and the Fight against Discrimination in France, attended the 25th year Regional Review Meeting of the Beijing Platform for Action for the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Region. She highlighted why this meeting is key for advancing the gender equality agenda and the priorities for the Generation Equality Forum in 2020, a global gathering for gender equality, convened by UN Women and co-chaired by France and Mexico.
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