Role of the Women Union in Households’ Economic Developmentin Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province

This study aimed to assess the role of the women union in economic development of its member households in Yen Phong district, Bac Ninh province. In addition to the secondary data, 90 members of the women union in three representative communes of the district were selected for direct interviews to collect their assessment on women union’s supportive activities for the household economic development. The study results showed that the women union was very active in dissemination of useful information, transfer of the advanced production techniques to its members, support for the households’ access to loans, and coordination with various agencies in providing vocational trainings and job opportunities for the members, thus significantly contributing to the households’ income improvements. However, results and efficiency of some supporting activities still had some limitations. The enhancement of professional training for the local staff of the women union, more dissemination for raising the members’ awareness, better coodinations with professional agencies, reinforcement of advanced production technique transfers as well as vocational trainings and providing more job opportunities for women, especially the women in poor and vulnarable households should be done for improving the role of the district women union in economic development of its member households in the coming time.