Training and using female cadres in Tuong Duong

(Baonghean) - Implementing the Project "training, fostering, arranging, and using cadres of communes, towns, and blocks in the period 2011-2015 and the following years", Tuong Duong District Party Committee has many solutions to train and use female cadres. This has created positive changes in gender equality in cadre work at the grassroots level. However, reality shows that there are still limitations and inadequacies that need attention...

Up to now, Tuong Duong District Party Committee has completed the review and supplement of the planning of management leaders for the 2010-2015 term and completed the planning of cadres for the 2015-2020 term from commune to district level, in accordance with requirements, regulations, and on schedule. During that process, the planning associated with the use of female cadres has been given attention, creating an emulation movement of "studying, working creatively, building happy families" for women at all levels.

Female cadres of Tam Dinh commune participate in the commune's work programs.

Tam Dinh commune has 52 cadres, civil servants and cadres of associations and mass organizations, of which 23 are female cadres. This is one of the communes with the highest proportion of female cadres in the district. In the 2010-2015 term, the Commune Party Committee Executive Committee had 8/16 female members, accounting for 50%. According to the assessment of the Commune Party Committee Standing Committee, most of the female cadres of the commune, especially those in the Party Committee Executive Committee, have promoted a high sense of responsibility. In particular, female comrades taking on responsibilities in a number of organizations such as the Women's Union, Youth Union, and the Commune Fatherland Front Committee have excellently fulfilled their tasks, contributing positively to the socio-economic development, hunger eradication and poverty reduction in the villages.

In preparation for the 2015-2020 congress term, Tam Dinh commune soon completed the staff planning, in which, it continued to maintain the proportion of female staff in the Party Committee Executive Committee and the structure of 4/7 female comrades in the Standing Committee of the Party Committee. Comrade Ngan Van Bang - Secretary of the Party Committee of the commune said: "In recent years, female cadres of the commune have actively studied, improved their qualifications and always consciously completed all assigned tasks. The Party Committee of the commune creates all conditions for female cadres to access and participate in professional training courses, supplement their expertise as well as Party work. In the structure of the next term, the female comrades are all between the ages of 29 and 33. This is the age that shows the maturity of women, they can undertake their tasks well after a period of attachment to the locality...".

Ms. Vi Thi Van, born in 1982, is currently the Secretary of the Commune Youth Union, and is one of the people planned by the Tam Quang Commune Party Committee to be in the Standing Committee of the Commune Party Committee for the 2015-2020 term. If she gets the required number of votes, she will be assigned to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Commune Party Committee according to the plan. Ms. Van shared: “I always try my best to complete the assigned tasks well. In my current position as Secretary of the Commune Youth Union, I and my comrades in the Executive Committee closely coordinate with organizations, mobilize young people to develop effective production and livestock models, contributing to the whole commune's sustainable poverty reduction. In recent years, with the contribution of young people, the poverty rate of the commune has decreased from over 65% to 52%. We are always aware that we must strive harder to develop the local socio-economy. For me, being included in the Party Committee's planning for the Standing Committee in the next term is an honor. There is recognition from the Party Committee and the government, but it is also a great responsibility that I and other comrades must clearly identify to complete better…”.

Through the review of the Organizing Committee of Tuong Duong District Party Committee, it shows that the average rate of female cadres in 18 communes and towns in the district is currently over 30% (twice the regulation), with some communes reaching nearly 50%. In particular, the rate of female cadres planned for the Executive Committee and Standing Committee of communes and towns for the new term has increased compared to the previous term. Typically, in Hoa Binh Town, 11 female cadres are planned for the Executive Committee for the next term, of which 4 are planned for the Standing Committee; Tam Hop Commune, 8 female cadres (out of a total of 30 cadres) are planned for the Executive Committee, of which 3 are planned for the Standing Committee... In terms of professional qualifications, over 65% of female cadres have graduated from universities of all levels; the theoretical level is mainly primary and intermediate political level. However, the reality shows that the majority of female cadres are limited by their role as wives and mothers, so investing in education and improving qualifications has not been given due attention. In addition, when dealing with some "hot" cases, women have not really been able to cope with the pressure of work and public opinion.

In terms of the proportion of female cadres at all levels, in recent years, Tuong Duong district has always exceeded the requirements. However, like many other localities, the proportion of female cadres of different ethnic groups in the area still has many notable differences. Analysis of data from the cadre planning of communes and towns for the 2015-2020 term in the district shows that: Of the total 69 female cadres in the planning, there are 55 Thai people, 9 Kinh people, 3 Kho Mu people, 1 Mong people and 1 Tay Poong people. This comes from the reality of the ethnic structure living in the area. In terms of population structure, Thai people in Tuong Duong account for the largest proportion. Thereby, it shows the strong rise of Thai women in the community; women have better integrated into society, spending more time studying and working. As for the women of the Mong, Kho Mu, Tay Poong, and O Du ethnic groups in the area, there has not been a strong change in their awareness. For them, life still revolves around farming and children...

When discussing the difference in the proportion of female cadres who are ethnic minorities in the area, Comrade Luong Thanh Hai, Secretary of the Tuong Duong District Party Committee, expressed his concern: “Although there are no specific regulations on the proportion of female cadres of ethnic minorities in an area, in reality, it is posing problems for the district that need to be solved. That is, it is necessary to strengthen the discovery and training of cadres (including both male and female) of some ethnic groups such as Mong, Kho Mu, Tay Poong, O Du. Along with that are mechanisms and support policies so that they are dedicated to the work of society. In the immediate future, it is necessary to strengthen mass mobilization work in all fields for the people of these ethnic groups...

In recent times, in order to improve the qualifications of cadres at all levels in general and female cadres in particular, the District Party Committee has actively implemented Project No. 01-DA/HU (dated January 12, 2011) on "Training, fostering, arranging and using cadres of communes, towns and blocks in the period of 2011-2015 and the following years"; In which, the District Party Committee presided over and coordinated with the Provincial Political School to open an in-service Political - Administrative Intermediate class in the district, with 79 students; sent 20 cadres to study Political Intermediate, concentrated study at the Provincial Political School. However, in these activities, the proportion of female cadres from ethnic minorities is still very low...".

The difference in the proportion of female cadres of ethnic minorities in Tuong Duong is also the reality in many mountainous and highland districts. In the long term, increasing the proportion of cadres, especially female cadres of ethnic minorities, will contribute greatly to solving problems at the grassroots level.

Nguyen Son