CHIỀU CẠNH GIỚI TRONG LUẬT DÂN SỐ

Nearly half a century of implementingthe Law of Population and Family Planning Program (1961-2005), the average number of children per woman of childbearing age decreased from 6.81 in 1961-1969 to 2.11 in 2005. Vietnam achieved replacement fertility. Population quality is improved in different aspects. Averagelifeexpectancyrises to 73.4 years in 2016, much higherthan that of many countries with similar income per capita. In 2003 Vietnam issued the Ordinance on Population, and in 2017 developed the Law of Population (draft). This paper focuses on: 1) Structure of the Law of Population; 2) Gender perspective in the Law of Populatiom (with an emphasis on equality-based approach, prohibited behaviors, and measures to ensure the balance of sex ration at birth); 3) Discussions on gender perspective of the draft Law of Population.