This guide is the first of its kind to provide an overview of the current range of local representative arrangements and electoral systems in Asia and the Pacific. This easy-to-use guide will assist country offices/teams and government partners as programmes are shaped to make local decision-making processes more inclusive and accountable to all citizens.

This consolidated response highlights the role of international organizations, national governments, and non-profit women’s organizations in mainstreaming gender into national policies and legislation of the South-East Asian countries.

This paper gives an overview of the political system of Vietnam, summarizes various policies and legislations aimed to advance women’s participation in politics, and presents statistics on women’s participation in leadership and decision-making positions. It also offers recommendations to further promote Vietnamese women's political participation.

This report describes a pilot project in north central Vietnam, which has instituted an approach to land titling that gives both women and men rights to use land. It discusses how the project has increased opportunities for rural families to use their most productive asset to generate income, and how it has promoted a gender-responsive, low cost, and decentralized method of land titling.