It is critical to advance the partnership of women-led firms with providers of green technology and green finance programmes to enhance women’s economic empowerment, a conference held on Wednesday in Hà Nội.
Barriers and challenges remain as businesses led by women often face difficulties in terms of development scale with the majority of them being small or medium-sized, or operating in the informal sector of the economy.
With its efforts to promote gender equality in the workplace and its value chain, Nestlé has been recognised in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the fifth consecutive year.
A female leader needs to first lead herself, before thinking about leading others, said Ha Thu Thanh, CEO and Chairwoman of the audit firm Deloitte Vietnam.
Diageo Viet Nam Limited and the Viet Nam Journalists Association have given awards to 14 outstanding media works featured in the contest "The Women''s Empowerment Journalism Awards".