ASEAN WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS’ NETWORK
(AWEN)
Presented by Mrs.Nguyen Thi Tuyet
Minh, Chairwoman of Vietnam
Woman entrepreneurs Council –
VWEC
Chairperson of AWEN
PRESENTATIONS
 I. INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
 II. AWEN’S CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL
PROTECTION
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
What is AWEN?
 ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs’
Network is a regional network of
national women entrepreneurs’
associations/organizations;
enterprises and/or other economic
entities owned or managed by
women in all economic sectors in the
ASEAN region
AWEN Launching workshop
in April 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
Vision
Missio
n
• “To be the leading
organization in
ASEAN for the
promotion,
development, and
empowerment of
women
entrepreneurs”
• To improve the
capacity of ASEAN
women
entrepreneurs and
boost ASEAN
women
entrepreneurs’
development and
networking
through the
Network’s
activities.
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
Purposes:
 To create a regional forum for ASEAN women
entrepreneurs for sharing information,
knowledge and experience;
 To assist ASEAN women entrepreneurs to
improve their business management and skills;
 To support ASEAN women entrepreneurs’
better access to financial institutions,
science and technology, trainings, market and
business opportunities;
 To support ASEAN women starting their
businesses;
 To link with other international and regional
networks/organizations of women
entrepreneurs.
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
Organizational Structure:
 AWEN has Coordination Board,
Chairperson, Country Coordinators
(Focal points), and AWEN Secretariat.
 The first Chair of AWEN is Vietnam
Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC)
for the 02-year term (4/2014-4/2016 )
and the Role of AWEN Chair shall be
rotating for every two years among
ASEAN Member States.
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
AWEN CHAIRPERSON
AWEN
SECRETARIA
T
COORDINATION BOARD
( 10 COUNTRY
COORDINATORS )
AWEN MEMBERS
INTRODUCTION OF AWEN
Main fields of activities
Improve
Institutional
capacity
Capacity building for
WEs/ WEs
Associations/
Organizations
Researches/Studies/
policy
recommendations
AWEN
Annual ASEAN
women
entrepreneurs
forum /regional
workshops
Promote Trade
& Investment;
partnership
with partners
CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL
PROTECTION
 Social protection for female employees 
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Corporate Social Responsibility – CSR:
Occupational safety and heath (OSH),
opportunities for woman promotion at work,
HIV/AIDS Prevention at workplace, migrant
female workers etc.
Social services for employees: kindergarten for
workers; health services;
Gender equity issues and gender equality at
business level;
Job creation for women and girls through startup and expand business programmes;
Microfinance services for women-led
enterprises/households
Education and training services for poorwomen, MSMEs led by women
CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL
PROTECTION
 Mainstreaming the social protection in
research reports and studies on business
woman in the region
 Regional workshops/forums for sharing the
results of the research reports and
studies/experiences/ good practices on
social protection, services for female
workers;
Thank you for your
listening!
Contact details:
AWEN Chairperson: Mrs.Nguyen Thi Tuyet Minh
Email: minhntt2000@gmail.com
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AWEN Secretariat
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao
Address : 6th Flr, VCCI Building, No 9 Dao Duy Anh Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel
: 84 - 435742022 ext 339; Fax: 84 - 435742023/ 35746937
HP
: 84 - 915 570909
Email: phuongthao171@gmail.com
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