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Presented by Mrs.Nguyen Thi Tuyet Minh,
Chairwoman of Vietnam Woman entrepreneurs
Council – VWECChairperson of AWEN
ASEAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS’ NETWORK (AWEN)
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
What is AWEN?
ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs’ Network is
a regional network of national women entrepreneurs’
associations/organizations; enterprises and/or other
economic entities owned or managed by women in all economic sectors in the
ASEAN region
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
Purposes:To create a regional forum for
ASEAN women entrepreneurs for sharing information, knowledge and experience;
To assist ASEAN women entrepreneurs to improve their business management and skills;
To support ASEAN women entrepreneurs’ better access to financial institutions, science and technology, trainings, market and business opportunities;
To support ASEAN women starting their businesses;
To link with other international and regional networks/organizations of women entrepreneurs.
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
Organizational Structure:AWEN has Coordination
Board, Chairperson, Country Coordinators (Focal points), and AWEN Secretariat.
The first Chair of AWEN is Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC) for the 02-year term (4/2014-4/2016 ) and the Role of AWEN Chair shall be rotating for every two years among ASEAN Member States.
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
AWEN CHAIRPERSON
AWENSECRETAR
IAT
COORDINATION BOARD ( 10 COUNTRY
COORDINATORS )
AWEN MEMBERS
CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL PROTECTION
Social protection for female employees - Corporate Social Responsibility – CSR:
Occupational safety and heath (OSH), opportunities for woman promotion at work, HIV/AIDS Prevention at workplace, migrant female workers etc.
Social services for employees: kindergarten for workers; health services;
Gender equity issues and gender equality at business level;
Job creation for women and girls through start-up and expand business programmes;
Microfinance services for women-led enterprises/households
Education and training services for poor-women, MSMEs led by women
CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL PROTECTION
Mainstreaming the social protection in research reports and studies on business woman in the region
Regional workshops/forums for sharing the results of the research reports and studies/experiences/ good practices on social protection, services for female workers;
Thank you for your listening!
Contact details:AWEN Chairperson: Mrs.Nguyen Thi Tuyet Minh
Email: [email protected]
AWEN SecretariatMrs. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao
Address : 6th Flr, VCCI Building, No 9 Dao Duy Anh Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel : 84 - 435742022 ext 339; Fax: 84 - 435742023/ 35746937
HP : 84 - 915 570909Email: [email protected]