By Angelique Masse-Nguyen, Founder, NOI –
For International Women’s Day month of March, media company NOI, will share a series of articles on Sustainable Vietnam on data they have compiled on what Vietnamese women have told them about beauty; sexual harassment; work; sex; marriage and children; and housework. NOI is platform for shaping new narratives for women in Vietnam.
As women participate more deeply in socio-economic activities, they have less time for housework, but are they doing less?
The 2021 report ” Gender and Labor Market in Vietnam” by the International Labor Organization (ILO) shows that women do twice as long as men do housework, averaging 20.2 hours per week compared with 10.7 hours for men. According to the survey, nearly one in five men do not participate in any household chores.
When we asked our NOI community about housework, more than half said most of it is still done by a female family member only. They also shared that for 64% of them, a woman will be asked to step up if a family member is sick or in need of help. For 38%, family members would equally support; and for 4%, men would step up.