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Written by jamesnguyen
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Saturday, 02 January 2010 20:58 |
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Vietnam, a male-dominated society has an unbalanced population with about 51.5 percent of females while the remaining 48.5 percent males. Women make up 53 percent of farming population nationwide.
Based on the latest statistics, women play an important role in the household for they are responsible in farming and household management. Besides farming, women are also active in fisheries, aquaculture and responsible for livestock production.
Women above the age of 25 have lower literary rates compared to men. Even though Vietnam is a male-dominated society, women are equally capable in agriculture. Marketing agricultural products are conducted by women. The sad truth is women’s contribution towards the family is always undervalued.
Both husband and wife in a family have to work to feed their kids. In some families, mothers have to look after the young children while juggling with other responsibilities. However, for families who live nearby their parents, they can easily send the young children to be looked after by the grandparents.
Men and women in their society usually live with their parents until they get married. Women are not allowed to decide if they should stay near parents after the marriage. Men are supposed to make decision on that matter.
Since women are forced to work from day to night on farms, surveys showed that one third of Vietnamese women suffered from osteoporosis particularly those who are over 60 years old. As a result, a total of 1.4 million elderly women suffered from osteoporosis and the numbers are increasing annually.
It is believed that these women failed to consume sufficient amount of vitamin D and calcium. Besides that, some women also failed to complete 45 days of confinement period after giving birth as they need to work on the farm as soon as possible to feed other family members.
All in all, discrimination against women in their society is unavoidable as families prefer male over females since male are expected to support the parents and carry on family surnames and line of work.
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Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 16:38 |
