USING CBMS FOR MONITORING WOMEN’S ADVANCEMENT

Vu Thi TanVu Thi Tan The Women’s Union of Ninh Binh Province

Vietnam

Two particular traits of CBMS implementation in Ninh Binh Province1. Implementing agency is a non-p g g y

governmental organisation (The Women’s Union of Ninh Binh Province).)

2. Using CBMS data in social works particularly inworks, particularly in monitoring gender equality and women’s advancement, beside poverty monitoring andpoverty monitoring and development planning.

Institutions for promoting women advancement in Vietnamadvancement in Vietnam

• Vietnam has been making great efforts to promote gender equality, improve women’s

ll b i d t th th i liti l dwell-being and strengthen their political and social activeness.

• Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) is a national NGO mandated to strive for thenational NGO, mandated to strive for the gender equality and advancement of all women, protect and promote legitimate rights and interests of women.

• VWU’s programs in 2002-2007 focus on: (1) Raising all sided capacity and qualifications

for women; (2) Supporting women's economic development(3) Building plentiful, equal, progressive and

happy families; (4) F l ti d i ti f(4) Formulating and overseeing execution of

gender equality related laws and policies.

Introduction of Ninh Binh Province• The Ninh Binh province is located

in the Red River Delta in theNorth of Vietnam. The provinceNorth of Vietnam. The provinceconsists of 6 districts and 2towns, 147 rural communes andurban wards. The population isalmost 1 million people, 2% ofwhich is of ethnic minority groups.

• The GDP per capita in 2005 isThe GDP per capita in 2005 isapproximately 330 USD, countingonly 57% of the national average.

More than 20% of population is• More than 20% of population ispoor. Poverty reduction is oneprioritised task of the province.

Role of the Women’s Union of Ninh Binh ProvinceNinh Binh Province

• The Women’s Union of Ninh BinhProvince (WUNB) has more than 2000local units in all 147 communes, all,governmental authorities and almostenterprises in the province.

• WUNB organises women’s movements and conducts various types of measuresand conducts various types of measures and activities, of which:+ Organising clubs, lectures, seminars and study tours for women with aims to i k l d j ti iimprove knowledge on justice issues, gender equality. + Building capacity of trainers and social workers for women’s movement.+ Promoting technical transfer to women. Supporting job creation for women. + Establishing and managing system of women’s savings credit groupswomen s savings–credit groups. + Promoting women’s participation in political, social and cultural activities.

Rationale for data collection thru CBMSWUNB needs data for it’s works:• To understand deeply

households’ economy andyliving standards.

• To analyse economic, socialaspects of women’s life.

• To identify prioritised issuesand actions for promotingdevelopment of householdeconomy, women’s educationeconomy, women s educationand participation in socialactivities, improving genderequality.

fData is needed at all levels ofgovernmental units and NGOs(province, district, commune,hamlet).

Implementation of CBMS• WUNB needs data for it’s works at all levels (province, district,

commune, hamlet).• In 2007, WUNB begin to pilot CBMS:, g p

+ Type of survey: Household census + Commune data collection.+ Scope: 13 communes (among 26) in 1 district Nho Quan. 16,000householdshouseholds.+ Tools: Household questionnaire (6 pages), Commune datacollection form.+ Indicators: 2 sets: Core household dat + Women situation+ Indicators: 2 sets: Core household dat + Women situation.+ Enumerators: activists of WUNB at district, commune and villagelevels .

T i d i k f VUNB t i l l l+ Trainers and supervisers: workers of VUNB at provincal level.+ Data encoding and processing: workers of VUNB at provincallevel.+ Data validation and use: Presenting survey results to localgovernment leaders and WUNB activists, discussion and designaction plan.

Gender equality and women’s advancement through CBMSthrough CBMS

Second part of questionnaire and indicator set givesand indicator set gives information on:- Education and vocational qualification level of women.- Employment and income of women.- Participation of women in social activities.

Cultural activities and belief of- Cultural activities and belief of women.- Family relations (role of male and female in family’s decissions, domestic violence).

Education level: gender equality

0.218.9

Illiterate

020.9

29

8 9

25.3 Primary

53 8

Lower secondary

53.8

51.9Upper secondary

(Cuc Phuong Commune. Women: outside. Men Inside)

Education level: ethnic groupsEducation level: ethnic groups

0 2

011.6

0.2

31.3

15.5 Illiterate

Primary

42.8

45.7

Primary

Lower secondary

53.1Upper secondary

(Cuc Phuong Commune. Muong women: outside.

Viet women Inside)

Cultural activities of womenCultural activities of women1.9

17.3

40.364.3

Never

57 8

59.9 Sometimes

57.8

22.8 11.7

24 Daily

Watching television Listening radio Reading books andnewspapers:

(Cuc Phuong Commune)

Women’s participation in political and social organisations

3131

7 89.5

1.4

7.8

(Cuc Phuong Commune

VCP Youth Union Women Union Otherorganisations

(Cuc Phuong Commune.

Total membership / Total number of over-15 women = 50.1%)

Power division in familyPower division in family

Who takes decision?

33.3

9 1

15.2 Both

57.681.2

83.3

8 3

9.1Wife

3.6 8.38.3

Family’s importantff i

Family’s dailydit

Education orientationf hild

Husband

(C c Ph ong Comm ne)

affairs expenditures of children

(Cuc Phuong Commune)

ConclusionsConclusions • CBMS is an appropriate method for collecting information of human well-being, including women g, gadvancement. Thank it’s simplicity of data collection, involvement of local human resources and multidimensional measurement of development CBMSmultidimensional measurement of development, CBMS is an useful tool for monitoring poverty reduction, human development and women advancement.

N t l i ti t• Non-governmental organisations can generate necessary data for their social works. • In the coming years, WUNB will extend scope of g y , pCBMS implementation and use it’s results for serving the works of promotion of women advancement, poverty reduction and socio-economic development in thereduction and socio-economic development in the province.

Th k !Thank you !