<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Vietnam
has 53 ethnic minority groups, accounting for 14,6% of the total
population (13,39 million people – according to the survey of
socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minority groups conducted by
CEMA, 2015). </span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Results of research and models initiated by </font><strong><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">the
Agriculture and Forestry Research & Development Center for
mountainous Region (ADC), Institute for Studies of Society, Economy
and Environment (iSEE) and </span></font></font></font></strong><font face="Arial, sans-serif">CARE
International in Vietnam in some northern mountainous provinces over
the past 5 years have clearly showed that </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-US">the
empowerment of self-determination, </span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-US"><b>particularly
through capacity building of women's leadership</b></span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-US">
in the process of decision-making and promotion of their
self-reliance and – confidence, and inner resources by prioritizing
the use of indigenous knowledge in social
management, economic development and climate change adaptation, is an
appropriate and effective approach to sustainably address local
problems.</span></font></font><br></div><div><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font size="2"><span lang="en-US">In
order to spread out the positive results, ADC, iSEE, and the Ethnic
Minorities Working Group (EMWG) cordially invite you to the Learning
Forum # 2 in 2016 with the theme: </span></font><font color="#7030a0"><font size="2"><b>“The
leadership role of ethnic minority women: Active and Passive</b></font></font><font color="#7030a0"><font size="2"><b>?”</b></font></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font size="2" color="#000000"><b>Following are detailed information of the learning event:</b></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:0.14in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font color="#7030a0"><span lang="vi-VN"><b>Time</b></span></font><font color="#7030a0"><span lang="vi-VN"><i><b>:</b></i></span></font><span lang="vi-VN"><i>
</i></span><span lang="en-US"><i> </i></span>13:30-16:30, Wednesday,
14<sup>th</sup> December 2016</font></p><p lang="en-US" align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height:0.07in">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font color="#7030a0"><span lang="vi-VN"><b>Venue:</b></span></font><font color="#00000a"><b> </b></font><font color="#00000a"><span lang="vi-VN">Room
403, 4</span></font><font color="#00000a"><sup><span lang="vi-VN">th</span></sup></font><font color="#00000a"><span lang="vi-VN">
fl., iSEE, Lakeview Building, D10 Giang Vo (behind Hanoi Hotel), Ba
Dinh, Hanoi </span></font></font></font></font>
</p><p lang="en-US" align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:0.07in">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font color="#7030a0"><b>Language:</b></font><font color="#00000a">
Vietnamese. Foreigners kindly arrange their own interpreters.</font></font></font></font></p><p lang="en-US" align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.03in;line-height:0.07in">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font color="#7030a0"><b>Invitation and Tentative
agenda:</b></font><font color="#00000a">
attached herewith.</font></font></font></font></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom:0in">
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Please
confirm your participation to Nguyen Thi Hoa (Ms.), EMMG coordinator via her email: <a href="mailto:emwgngocentre@gmail.com">emwgngocentre@gmail.com</a> or office telephone: 043 8328570</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The organizers look forward to your participation!</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Warm regards,</font></p></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Nguyễn Thị Hoa (Ms.)<br></div>Ethnic Minorities Working Group (EMWG) Coordinator<br></div>VUFO-NGO Resource Centre<br></div>Room 201, Building E3, Trung Tu Diplomatic Compound, <br>6 Dang Van Ngu, Dong Da, Hanoi<br></div>Tel: 84 4 38328570. Or 84 4 38328611<br></div>Cell: 0977 941892<br></div><div>Skype: cocohoa<br></div>Email: <a href="mailto:emwg.ngocentre@gmail.com" target="_blank">emwg.ngocentre@gmail.com</a> <br></div>Web: <a href="http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/emwg" target="_blank">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/emwg</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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