In February 2019, our HER Planet Earth team will explore the world's largest cave and exit via the Great Wall of Vietnam raising awareness and funds for women empowerment and climate change resilience. The expedition will be in support of UN Women Vietnam, which includes projects for the advancement and economic empowerment women in rural areas of Vietnam. Due to their gender-defined roles in society and traditional patterns of marginalisation, Vietnamese women are amongst those that are likely to carry the heaviest burdens from climate change and environmental degradation.
The caves were carved by an underground river, which still flows through the chasm. The 5km tunnel is a perilous playground for experienced cavers, with 80-metre tall stalagmites – the biggest in the world – and baseball-sized “cave pearls” (spherical calcium deposits) that litter the floor.
This journey to the wild, exploring Son Doong Cave requires more than 25 porters, safety advisors & guides. The caves can only be reached by trekking across Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a Unesco-listed jungle area which contains some of the oldest karst mountains in Asia. Visitors must travel through the remote Ban Doong ethnic minority village, which has just 40 inhabitants.
Imagine trekking straight into the depths of the world’s largest cave which can fit a Boeing B747 flying through the largest passage, on an expedition unlike any other. Son Doong Cave is a masterpiece of nature with otherworldly landscapes, enormous stalagmites and statuesque stalactites – hanging from the ceiling and rising from the ground like an alien species. The real jungle inside the cave will amaze you in every way, while misty clouds envelope the scene. The fossil passage will give you the opportunity to understand the formation of this ancient limestone. An adventure from start to finish, the team will use ropes to climb into the entrance, and climb up the Great Wall of Vietnam, a calcite wall totaling 90m in height.
This journey to the wild, exploring Son Doong Cave requires more than 25 porters, safety advisors & guides. The caves can only be reached by trekking across Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a Unesco-listed jungle area which contains some of the oldest karst mountains in Asia. Visitors must travel through the remote Ban Doong ethnic minority village, which has just 40 inhabitants.
Imagine trekking straight into the depths of the world’s largest cave which can fit a Boeing B747 flying through the largest passage, on an expedition unlike any other. Son Doong Cave is a masterpiece of nature with otherworldly landscapes, enormous stalagmites and statuesque stalactites – hanging from the ceiling and rising from the ground like an alien species. The real jungle inside the cave will amaze you in every way, while misty clouds envelope the scene. The fossil passage will give you the opportunity to understand the formation of this ancient limestone. An adventure from start to finish, the team will use ropes to climb into the entrance, and climb up the Great Wall of Vietnam, a calcite wall totaling 90m in height.
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UN Women Vietnam
After the end of a war that devastated the country, Vietnam’s political and economic reforms that started in the mid-1980s contributed to impressive socio-economic progress. Vietnam managed to reduce the poverty rate from 58.1% in 1993 to 9.6% in 2012 and the country transitioned to lower Middle-Income status in 2010. The Government has made significant progress in promoting gender equality also. In addition to gender equality guarantees in the Constitution, milestone legislations introduced include the Law of Gender Equality (2006) and the Law on Prevention and Control of Domestic Violence (2007).
However, while women's labour force participation is one of the highest in the region at 73.2% (2013), women have limited access to formal employment and are disproportionately engaged in vulnerable employment (69% in 2012) that do not provide social security. Prevalence of domestic violence is high with three in five ever married women experiencing some form of violence in their lifetime by their intimate partner. The harmful practice of son preference is also resulting in a highly skewed sex ratio at birth (113 boys to 100 girls in 2013). These are a result of weak enforcement of the law and deep-rooted gender stereotypes and social norms that limit opportunities for women and girls.
UN Women is part of the UN “Delivering as One” initiative in Vietnam and it leads UN’s advocacy to further promote gender equality by enhancing women’s economic empowerment, ending violence against women and girls and improving women’s access to justice, and making gender equality a key part of the national legal framework, policies and plans.
After the end of a war that devastated the country, Vietnam’s political and economic reforms that started in the mid-1980s contributed to impressive socio-economic progress. Vietnam managed to reduce the poverty rate from 58.1% in 1993 to 9.6% in 2012 and the country transitioned to lower Middle-Income status in 2010. The Government has made significant progress in promoting gender equality also. In addition to gender equality guarantees in the Constitution, milestone legislations introduced include the Law of Gender Equality (2006) and the Law on Prevention and Control of Domestic Violence (2007).
However, while women's labour force participation is one of the highest in the region at 73.2% (2013), women have limited access to formal employment and are disproportionately engaged in vulnerable employment (69% in 2012) that do not provide social security. Prevalence of domestic violence is high with three in five ever married women experiencing some form of violence in their lifetime by their intimate partner. The harmful practice of son preference is also resulting in a highly skewed sex ratio at birth (113 boys to 100 girls in 2013). These are a result of weak enforcement of the law and deep-rooted gender stereotypes and social norms that limit opportunities for women and girls.
UN Women is part of the UN “Delivering as One” initiative in Vietnam and it leads UN’s advocacy to further promote gender equality by enhancing women’s economic empowerment, ending violence against women and girls and improving women’s access to justice, and making gender equality a key part of the national legal framework, policies and plans.
Women and agriculture in Vietnam
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The project our fundraising efforts will support
