Improving election campaign support skills for female candidates

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of March 29, the Committee for the Advancement of Women organized a workshop and training course on "Improving knowledge, skills, and supporting election campaigns for potential female candidates running for the National Assembly and Provincial People's Council" for the 2016-2021 term.

Attending the event were comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of Provincial Agencies; Nguyen Bang Toan - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee for the Advancement of Women of the province.

Delegates attending the training program

The training course was attended by more than 150 delegates who are female candidates for the National Assembly and Provincial People's Council in the second round and Chairmen of the Women's Unions of districts and cities. The delegates will be introduced to the topics: Laws on gender equality and women's participation in elected bodies; Support for female candidates in developing an Action Program and skills in contacting voters during election campaigns.

In addition, delegates were also trained in practical action program presentation and media contact skills.

Representative of the Committee for the Advancement of Women introduced the topic of Law on Gender Equality

Currently, Nghe An, after the second round of consultation, the combined structure of the proportion of women to run for the National Assembly and the Provincial People's Council is 36.6%. Up to now, out of 210 valid candidacy applications that have been received, 44.7% are women.

My Ha