Over several years, UN Women (The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) has accompanied CSAGA in many women rights advocacy activities.

In 2017, we decided to incorporate the prevention of sexual violence against women and girls as one of the main contents of the 16 Days campaign to end violence against women and girls, starting from International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25th November) to International Human Rights Day (10th December).

A key activity in 2017 was the exhibition titled "Portraits of the Goddess." Throughout this book, many portraits, stories and inner strengths of the women of different social groups, ethnic groups and countries have been brought out to the world. They have been brave enough to speak out, breaking the silence and changing their own way of life, and leaving painful experiences sinking into the past.

This book reflects the commitment of UN Women and CSAGA to a vision of "Leaving no one behind"" - where the experiences of girls and women - victims of violent forms are heard and be considered in policy development as well as response measures, to ensure that their needs are met to the fullest extent possible.

This study provides new insights into how women perceive the justice system in Viet Nam and how the victims are treated. When the very actors tasked with facilitating access to criminal justice instead "counsel" and pressure victims to settle cases out of court, or treat them without regard for their dignity or privacy, it should come as no surprise that many women eventually give up on a system which is often unresponsive to their needs. When the criminal justice system fails to fulfill women's human rights, this contributes to perpetuating cultures of reconciliation, cultures of invisibility, and cultures of impunity. This impunity – an exemption from punishment and accountability – fuels violence against women, reducing the impact of advocacy and hard-fought policy achievements.

With financial support from the Government of Ireland, the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and UN Women commissioned this report on “Figures on Ethnic Minority Women and Men in Viet Nam 2015”. The report presents statistics on ethnic minority women and men in 2015 by topic: (i) population; (ii) access to infrastructure and assets; (iii) employment and income; (iv) education and training; (v) social-cultural affairs; (vi) health and environment sanitation; and (vii) participation in governance and leadership. Information and data in the report were gathered from: Survey on socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minority groups 2015; statistical reporting system of state management agencies and national surveys conducted by General Statistics Office such as Viet Nam Household Living Standards Survey 2014 (VHLSS), Labour Force Survey 2015 (LFS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014 (MICS) and Population Change and Family Planning Survey as of 1/4/2014.

Gender assessment of Viet Nam's HIV response presents a situation analysis of the gender dimension of HIV epidemic in Viet Nam. It identifies opportunities, gaps and challenges in mainstreaming gender equality and empowerment of women in the national HIV response, and provides a set of recommendations for improved HIV policies and programmes

The study report “Social Protection for Women and Girls in Viet Nam” identifies gender specific concerns and challenges in the current social protection system, to assess the implementation of social protection for women and girls up to 2012 in accordance with Resolution 152 on certain social policies, to forecast social protection indicators for women and girls for the period from 2014-2020, and to propose recommendations to enhance women and girls’ participation in and enjoyment of Viet Nam’s social protection system.