Solutions for female staff development

Ethnic minority women in Muong Ang district participate in training to improve their qualifications, expertise and professionalism.

Policy driven

Ms. Quàng Thị Nguyệt (Khơ Mú ethnic group), member of the National Assembly’s Ethnic Council, National Assembly delegate of Dien Bien province, XV term, shared: “I see that the Party and State pay great attention to ethnic minorities. My own development today is also thanks to the policies and priorities in training, fostering, and arranging the use of female ethnic minority cadres to meet the requirements in the new situation.”

According to statistics, there are currently dozens of draft laws and over 30 policies on ethnic minorities and mountainous areas being implemented, focusing on a number of projects and 3 national target programs. Ensuring economic, cultural and social conditions is a key factor helping ethnic minority women enjoy many positive results, have more opportunities to develop themselves, participate in social work and participate in politics , towards gender equality and social progress.

Project 8 “Implementing gender equality and solving urgent issues for women and children” under the National Target Program on Socio -Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period”, Phase I from 2021 to 2025, shows special attention to women and gender equality issues. It emphasizes “supporting women to participate in leadership in the political system” with activities aimed at “Improving the capacity of ethnic minority female cadres to participate in leadership positions in the political system”.

Ms. Do Thi Thu Thuy, Chairwoman of the Provincial Women's Union, Head of Project 8 Executive Board, said: As of the first half of 2023, in Dien Bien province, Project 8 has been implemented in 92 communes and 954 extremely disadvantaged villages and hamlets. Implementing this project, Dien Bien has trained and coached to improve the capacity of 80 ethnic minority female cadres participating in work in the political system (including female cadres in planning, newly appointed female cadres, and female cadres elected for the first time).

In the process of performing its functions and tasks, the Provincial Women's Union always cares for, cares for, and protects the legitimate rights and interests of its members, especially ethnic minority members in disadvantaged and border areas. The Union continues to effectively implement many programs and projects such as "Supporting women to start businesses in the period 2017 - 2025", "Accompanying women in border areas"...

In addition to specific policies for ethnic minority areas, the Central Government has issued many policies, resolutions, regulations, rules, and guidelines on ethnic minority cadres, female cadres, and female ethnic minority cadres. During the implementation process, Dien Bien has closely followed many instructions from the Central Government. The Resolution of the 14th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025; Resolution on human resource development in Dien Bien province to 2025, with a vision to 2030... all show attention to ethnic minority cadre work, including female ethnic minority cadres.

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Synchronous solution

The program "Enhancing equal participation of women in leadership and management positions at all levels of policy making for the period 2021 - 2030" issued with Decision 2282/QD-TTg dated December 31, 2020 of the Prime Minister has set the goals of reaching 60% by 2025 and 75% by 2030 of state management agencies and local authorities at all levels with key female leaders; the proportion of female cadres in the planning of management and leadership positions at all levels reaching at least 40% by 2025 and 50% by 2030; the proportion of female cadres in the planning of management and leadership positions at all levels receiving training, coaching and capacity building reaching 75% by 2025 and 90% by 2030.

In practice, the proportion of ethnic minority female cadres participating in politics in most of the border and difficult areas of Dien Bien is still far from the above target. To have a team of ethnic minority female cadres, especially capable female cadres in the border and difficult areas, cannot be done overnight. It is the result of a process and the implementation of many synchronous and scientific solutions. It is necessary to have forecasts, plans, roadmaps, attention and strong direction from Party committees at all levels, the participation of the entire political system and the efforts of women themselves to build a team of ethnic minority female cadres to meet the requirements in the current period.

Party committees, party organizations, and authorities at all levels in Dien Bien need to continue to promote the dissemination and popularization of the Party and State's policies and guidelines on female cadres, ethnic minority female cadres, and gender equality. Cadre work must always be identified as a key task, "the key of the key", the key to Party building work in order to understand correctly and do correctly.

Discussing the work of cadres, Mr. Cao Dang Hanh, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board, affirmed: "To effectively carry out the work of cadres in general, the work of female cadres, especially female cadres of ethnic minorities, needs to continue to closely follow the instructions of the Central Government and the province. In the implementation process, focus on training and fostering to include in the planning, creating cadre resources, paying attention to the development of female cadres of ethnic minorities to gradually ensure the structure, quantity and improve the quality of female cadres of ethnic minorities in leadership and management at all levels according to regulations".

Implementing the Government's Project on "Developing the contingent of ethnic minority cadres, civil servants and public employees in the new period in Dien Bien province", in 2023, the Department of Home Affairs developed a plan to train and foster 7,119 ethnic minority cadres, civil servants and public employees in the whole province. The Department has proposed that the Central Government develop a synchronous mechanism for recruitment, training, fostering, planning, rotation and appointment of ethnic minority cadres, civil servants and public employees.

The work of ethnic minority female cadres needs to promote the potential, creativity and highest contribution of ethnic minority female cadres. The arrangement of cadres needs to be suitable to their capacity and strengths, giving priority to the development of local ethnic minority female cadres. Cadres and party members who are ethnic minorities in the locality have the advantage of understanding the customs, practices and languages of the ethnic group. When trained and fostered in political theory, professional expertise and state management, they become the political nucleus, the core in the work of propagating the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws and programs and projects on socio-economic development of ethnic minority areas to the people.

To improve the quality of cadres in general, ethnic minority cadres and female ethnic minority cadres in particular, Mr. Cao Dang Hanh also added: In addition to training and fostering, it is necessary to strengthen the management of ethnic minority cadres; conduct annual assessment and classification according to regulations to promote advantages and minimize limitations and shortcomings.

National Assembly delegate Quàng Thị Nguyệt (Khơ Mú ethnic group, Mường Mươn commune, Mường Chà district) also said: Female ethnic minority cadres themselves need to clearly see their roles and responsibilities, constantly strive to study, practice, rise up, overcome difficulties to fulfill their assigned responsibilities, affirm their position and actively contribute to the cause of building and protecting their villages and homeland.

Despite many challenges, the work of ethnic minority female cadres in Dien Bien has achieved remarkable results. That demonstrates the correctness of the Party's guidelines and the attention of Party committees and authorities at all levels in Dien Bien. Continuing to effectively implement cadre work in general and ethnic minority female cadre work in particular will contribute to building a strong state apparatus, creating the combined strength of the great national unity bloc, and building Dien Bien increasingly civilized and prosperous. Thereby contributing to strengthening the trust of ethnic minorities in the Party and State in the period of accelerating industrialization and modernization of the country.

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