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Women’s participation in wood-based value chains in voluntary partnership agreement countries: a case study from La Xuyen wood village in Nam Dinh province, Viet Nam

The experience of the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 27 p.

Author Thi Bich, N.; Murray, J.; Hewitt, D.; Bourlion, N.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

ISBN 978-92-5-135460-5

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report is part of a larger study that seeks to identify the knowledge gaps around gender in the forest sectors of Côte d’Ivoire, Viet Nam and Honduras by assessing the role of women in wood-based value chains and identifying possible interventions or recommendations to reduce gender disparities during VPA negotiations and implementation. This study seeks to complement the emerging body of work on the topic of gender (Forest Trends, 2019; SRD, 2020) in the VPA, by presenting a specific case study on the role of women in the wood supply chain of La Xuyen wood village, in Nam Dinh province, Viet Nam and exploring how the VPA could promote and strengthen gender mainstreaming in Viet Nam using this example.

Last updated 07/03/2022,Corrigendum

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Thi Bich, N., Murray, J., Hewitt, D. & Bourlion, N. 2021. Women’s participation in wood-based value chains in voluntary partnership agreement countries: a case study from La Xuyen wood village in Nam Dinh province, Viet Nam – The experience of the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7952en

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