Create a community of destiny of the Lan -Mei country with gender equality

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Recently, the Lancang River-Mekong national women's institution and organization leaders held a video dialogue. This is the first time the women's organization leader dialogue was held under the Lanmei cooperation mechanism. Participants discussed the strategy of further promoting women to the forefront of innovation and achieving comprehensive development. The meeting passed the "Lancang River-Mekong National Women's Innovation and Development initiative", marking that the issue of women's innovation and development has officially included in Lanmei cooperation. Chinese women will contribute to women in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnamese to contribute to the creation of genderly equal life.

■ Li Yingtao

The Lancang River-Mekong River originated from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It flows from the north to south of China and Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is called the Lancang River in China. The landscapes of the six nations of Lanmei are connected, and the humanities are connected. On March 23, 2016, the Six Kingdoms held the first leader meeting of the Lancang River-Mekong Cooperation in Sanya City, China, and the Sanya Declaration of the first leader meeting of the Lancang River-Mekong Cooperation (hereinafter referred to as the Sanya Declaration), Lancang River-Mekong Cooperation Cooperation The mechanism is officially launched. On July 20, 2022, the Lancang River-Mekong National Women's Institution and Organization Leaders held a video dialogue. This is the first time the women's organization leader dialogue was held under the Lanmei cooperation mechanism. Through the Lanmei cooperation mechanism, China is working with the five countries to jointly build a regional cooperation "gold model", build a closer community of Lan -Mei's country's destiny, and achieve gender equality is always its core content.

Improve the exchanges and cooperation of women's women in Lanmei

The deep friendship of the people of Lanmei countries is long, and women's exchanges and cooperation are an important part of the Lan -Meng -Mei country's exchanges. In terms of social and humanities, the Sanya Declaration encourages media, think tanks, women, youth, etc. to build the Six Kingdoms Think Tank Alliance and Media Forum, and continue to host the Lancang River-Mekong Youth Friendship Exchange Project. On January 10, 2018, the "Five-Year Action Plan of the Lancang River-Mekong Cooperation (2018-2022)" adopted at the Second Leadership Meeting of Lanmei Cooperation (2018-2022) was proposed in the "Civil Exchange and Local Cooperation" section to hold a training course through a training course. , Diverse activities such as exchanges and interviews, promote gender equality, and enhance women's exchanges and cooperation. The "Vientiane Declaration" adopted by the Phnom Penh Declaration and the Third Leadership Meeting of Lanmei Cooperation on August 24, 2020, adopted by the Second Leadership Meeting, proposed further discussion and establishing a model of intellectual cooperation. The institute, think tanks, media, women, and youths participate together, innovative ideas, and support the long -term development of Lanmei cooperation.

Lanmei national women have achieved positive results in the exchanges and cooperation of many fields. For example, the Guangxi Women's Federation successfully held the three "China-ASEAN Women's Forum", the two sessions of national cultural show public welfare activities, forming a mechanism for a forum or ethnic cultural performance each year, 9 exchanges and interviews, and building China and the Mekong River. Comprehensive platforms for national women's senior management, economic and trade cooperation, and civil exchanges. Women are also the main participants of regional higher education and youth exchange cooperation projects. They play the role of the main force in Lanmei cooperation and civilized exchanges. Hosted by the National Women's Federation, the Yunnan Women's Federation hosted the "Elimination of Poverty and Women's Economic Empowerment" Lanmei National Women's Cadre Training Course has successfully held many times.

Promote the sustainable development and gender equality of Lanmei

Sustainable development and gender equality are the main development goals of Lanmei cooperation. The "Early Harvest Project Joint List" determined at the first leader meeting of Lanmei Cooperation includes 45 projects in the fields of interconnection, water resources, hygiene, poverty reduction. The theme of Lanmei Cooperation's Second Leadership Meeting is "Our River of Peace and Sustainable Development", "Promoting the Implementation of the UN 2030 Sustainable Development AD" is the "Five-Year Action Plan for the Lancang River-Mekong Cooperation (2018-2022) "Development goals. Realizing gender equality, empowering women and girls are the fifth goal of the 2030 Antime of Sustainable Development, and through other 16 targets of the Sustainable Development Aired Aired agenda. Action Plan (2018-2022) ".

Lanmei cooperation helps to effectively protect women's rights and interests, promote women's development, and achieve gender equality. In August 2020, Premier Li Keqiang emphasized in his speech at the Third Leader Meeting of Lanmei Cooperation that Lanmei Cooperation insisted on people -oriented and enhanced the well -being of the people's waters. According to statistics, by 2022, the Lanmei Cooperation Special Fund will support 666 projects that are connected and benefit people in the fields of poverty alleviation, education, health, and women. Among them, projects such as the comprehensive development of poor communities and the "Lan Mei 'Half -Sky' Action" have promoted regional poverty reduction and the development of women's causes. From the perspective of the Women's Federation, relying on the China-ASEAN Women's Training Center, the Guangxi Women's Federation provided various types of training such as poverty reduction and development to more than 200 Mekong national women. Establish a normal communication mechanism with the five provincial women's federations and associations with Vietnam and Laos. It has established more than 120 "Border Women and Children's House" in eight border counties and districts in Guangxi. , Border trade, prevention of AIDS and drugs, and cracking down on women and children to carry out pragmatic cooperation, build a Lan -Mei Women's cooperation model with information interoperability, resource sharing, and experience. Promote the participation of women in Lanmei Six Kingdoms to participate in innovation and development

Innovation is an important driving force to lead the development of the world, and it is also an important engine for Lanmei countries to promote gender equality. At the Video Dialogue of Women's Institutions and Organization Leaders in Lanmei, the participants shared their experiences and practices to promote women's participation in innovation and development, and discussed the strategy of further promoting women to the forefront of innovation and achieving comprehensive development. Shen Yueyue, deputy chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and chairman of the National Women's Federation, proposed to play a positive role in promoting gender equality and women's innovation development in the keynote speech, creating a friendly environment for women's innovation and development, creating a friendly environment to promote women's innovation and development, deepening women's innovation and development cooperation Three suggestions. The meeting passed the "Lancang River-Mekong National Women's Innovation and Development Initiative".

The "Lancang River-Mekong National Women's Innovation and Development Initiative" is an important document to promote the participation of women's six nations to participate in innovation and development. Proposal encourage countries to include gender awareness in the formulation of innovative planning and related policies, fully consider national conditions, gender differences, and special needs of women in various countries, promote innovation of gender equality for innovation, ensure that women share innovation results, promote innovation equal gender equality and women's empowerment of power In -depth integration allows innovation to serve gender equality; break the barriers to restrict innovation elements such as knowledge, technology, and talents, improve financing fairness, increase investment in women's entrepreneurship and innovation, strengthen government, social organizations, private sectors, academic circles, and enterprises , Non -profit institutions and other cooperation between interests and benefits to create a more friendly environment for women's innovation; eliminate the concepts and prejudices in science and other fields, promote girl education, encourage women to enter science, technology, engineering, mathematics ( Study and work in areas such as STEM) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT); improve the leadership of women's science and technology talents, and support the proportion Women's science and technology workers specializing in the special committee; strengthening women's digital training, improving women's digital skills, and adopting a variety of policy measures to reduce the digital gender gap to ensure that no one woman is dropped.

Lanmei Cooperation is the first new sub -regional cooperation mechanism co -created by the six countries in the basin. It is an important platform for the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” and a successful example of South -South cooperation. The women of the Six Kingdoms adhere to the spirit of Lanmei cooperation and play an active role in promoting the communication of the people and the sustainable development of regional economic and social. The passing of the "Lancang River-Mekong National Women's Innovation and Development initiative" marks that the issues of women's innovation and development have been officially included in Lanmei cooperation. Chinese women will work together with Burmese, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnamese women to share the flowers of Lanmei and share the fruit of Lanmei cooperation, and contribute to creating gender -equal life.

(The author is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of International Relations of Beijing Foreign Studies University)

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