Access to justice and legal empowerment for women: the case of Vietnam

• Main Authors: Hoang, Thi Bich Ngoc, Vu, Cong Giao
• Other Authors: Asian constitutional law recent developments and trends : Vietnam, Hanoi, 6th and 7th December 2019. Volume 1
• Language: Vietnamese
• Published: Đại học Quốc Gia Hà Nội 2020
• Subjects: Access to Justice; Legal Empowerment; Women; Vietnam
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/94728
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

This paper has attempted to contextualise the access of Vietnamese women to justice by examining substantive and procedural justice, sociocultural barriers, and legal empowerment. It reviews gender-specific barriers to access to justice and also illustrates the limits of formal law, as...