Gender Equality in Education: Comparative Perspective between International Law and the Legal System, its Practice in Vietnam
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Gender equality in education is mentioned in Vietnam’s Constitution 2013 and other specialized laws on gender and education, including Law on Gender Equality 2006, Law on Vocational Education 2014, Law on amendments to the Law on Higher Education 2018, and Law on Education of Vietnam 2019. The article analyzes and comments on these provisions in comparison with the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenanton Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Thus, the article will show the similarities and differences of these regulations on gender equality in education between international documents and treaties to which Vietnam is a member and Vietnam legal system, practices of the exercise of gender equality in Vietnam; and suggests some solutions to amend, supplement and complete the Vietnamese legal system for limiting and eventually eliminating gender inequality in education.
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