A seminar to discuss a national programme on gender equality in the 2011-2015 period was held in Hanoi on December 23 by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

The national program aims to raise public awareness of the need to narrow the gender gap, reduce gender prejudice and heighten women’s status in some areas with the aim of ensuring gender equality in every area of social life by 2020.

The target from now until 2015 is to increase the number of female members involving in Party organizations of the 11^th Party National Congress and the 12^th Party National Congress by 15 percent and 20 percent, respectively.

The Deputy Head of the MoLISA’s Gender Equality Department Pham Nguyen Cuong, said that it is essential to help all people gain a comprehensive understanding of equality, especially gender equality.