Situation of gender inequality in the northern province of Vietnam

Female accounted for more than 50% of the world population and workforce. However women are not treated equally as man. There is an actual situation that the phenomenon of women being beaten, abused...is still common nowadays. While gender development index of Vietnam was 0.7 ranking 94 out of 155 countries but gender disparities remained in several areas and among vulnerable population. This paper will focus on status of gender inequality in income and education special in ethnic minorities (EM) group in Thai Nguyen mountainous province of Vietnam and explore associated factors. This study uses data from a population-based survey conducted by the Institute of Population, Health and Development in collaboration with The Population Council in Thai Nguyen. 2,695 individuals in 2,490 households who have completed the interviews were used in analyses. Weights were applied and svy procedures in STATA were used in analysis to deal with the complex design. The results of study show that female have income lower than male. From this survey we also explore that male have higher education than female and Kinh woman also have higher education than EM woman. But female have health better than male in both groups. This study will make recommendations for building appropriate intervention programs for the gender equality for the EM in Vietnam