Process
- How institution(s) affect(s) gender/economic development?
- What are possibilities to improve the identified issues/problems?
Group members
Le Nguyen Lan Chi (st116497)
- Select one country
- Analyse institution(s) in that country:
- How institution(s) affect(s) gender/economic development?
- What are possibilities to improve the identified issues/problems?
Our group chooses Vietnam to analyze how institution affects
gender economic development. We choose the policy of age of retirement in
Vietnam as a particular institution to examine.
Women in Vietnam currently retire at the age of 55, a full
five years earlier than men, at the age of 60. The purpose of this policy was
to reduce public responsibility for women and ensure they had more time to take
care of their family. This policy reflects that the state continues to place
great emphasis on women’s role as mothers, and consider it as the basic values
of the society. Also, the majority of the people (including women) continue to
hold the belief that women are physically weaker than men and they should
retire earlier, including civil servants.
First of all, this early retirement policy is resulting in
unequal work opportunities. It prevents women from being promoted to higher
management positions across the civil service and in turn protects men’s career
promotion opportunities. This is a serious waste of human resources because at
that age, women are in their highest mental demands (skills, experiences and
networks). Furthermore, women in Vietnam usually live longer than men;
therefore, they receive more pension payments than men. It places a heavy
burden on the social security system. Its sustainability could be jeopardized
in the long term without reform.
Raising women’s retirement age is one of the possible
solutions to balance the fund and ensure social security system in long term.
It is suggested that women should be given the right to work and contribute
until the age of 60. However, there are several controversial ideas about this
solution such as it will limit the job opportunities for young generation who
are about to enter to the labor market for the first time. Therefore, the
Government of Vietnam should consider carefully revising this policy.
Group members
Le Nguyen Lan Chi (st116497)
Aye Chan Myae (st116970)
Nikita Shakya (st116512)
Ying Lwin ( st116510)
I think this is a very interesting topic to discuss, I also have some ideas for this:
ReplyDelete1/ The age of retirement all over the world tend to be like this, not only in Vietnam (women earlier men), this map is more clearly: http://chartsbin.com/view/2466. This map show us the different between Developed countries and Developing countries. In some Developed countries, the retirement age is the same for both. And in some Developing countries (included Vietnam), women retire ealier (more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_age). This point is show that, it's also depend on the development of this country.
2/ The reason why women should be retire earlier than men, it's not only about policies! I have some interesting posts about this:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2013/05/16/women-retire-earlier-than-men-but-dont-have-to/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phyllis-moen/leaning-out-why-do-women-retire-earlier-men_b_3195493.html
Your group point of this topic is very good, but I think if we find out more little bit info, your post will be better and deeper ;)
At last, thank you and please ignore if my English is not good, i have not used it for a long time :))