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Our Mission Cô VN (Creating Opportunities in Vietnam) is a non-profit organization with a mission of improving the quality of life of disadvantaged women in Vietnam. Cô VN encourages and fosters entrepreneurship as a means to reduce poverty, raise income, and enable self-reliance among women in Vietnam. About Our Name Cô /Ko/, n. Miss Cô VN means Creating Opportunities in Vietnam & signifies the people we serve. Did You Know That ... • Vietnam's per capita income is $485 • 51% of population are women • Over 53% of the farming labor force are women • Average incomes for women are 70% of those for men • 71% of the illiterate population are women • Single-headed female households are amongst the poorest • At least 22, 000 Vietnamese women and children were sent to China between ‘91 and ‘99 as domestic workers and prostitutes or as forced wives • The influence of Confucianism remains strong in Vietnamese culture and tends to accord women a subordinate position in families and in society About Our Logo Conical straw hats are quintessentially Vietnamese. They are worn by Vietnamese women of all ages and in all walks of life. You see them in the fields, in the markets, and on the city streets throughout Vietnam. The three cone hats symbolize our devotion to the women in all three regions of Vietnam - North, Central and South. |
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