Education for the Most Disadvantaged Communities in Viet Nam: Strategy for Delayed Marriage?

Event: Gender, Voice, and Agency: Multilateral Development Bank-Sponsored Workshop

Education for the Most Disadvantaged Communities in Viet Nam: Strategy for Delayed Marriage?

04 June 2014

Author / Speaker:

Samantha Hung, ADB - Email the author | Other materials by the author

This presentation describes the Viet Nam Lower Secondary Education for the Most Disadvantaged Regions Project (LSEMDP) as a strategy that consequently delays child marriages. It presents encouraging results from the LSEMDP Gender and Ethnic Minority Action Plan. The presentation also recognizes existing paradoxes and dilemmas, and explores future directions to take.

Geographical Focus:

Subregional- Southeast Asia

Viet Nam

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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