TTLV: Supporting Ede ethnic women to participate in community monitoring activities in the Rural Infrastructure Development Project serving production in the Central Highlands provinces in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province

1. Student's name: Vu Phuong Linh

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: August 9, 1994

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Student recognition decision No. 4295/2016/QD-XHNV dated December 16, 2016 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in the training process:

7. Thesis topic: Supporting Ede ethnic women to participate in community monitoring activities in the Rural Infrastructure Development Project serving production in the Central Highlands provinces in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province

8. Major: Social Work; Code: 60900101

9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Hoang Thu Huong - Faculty of Sociology - University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of thesis results:

The study pays special attention to the Ede ethnic women group - one of the ethnic groups with many unique cultural features and a rich spiritual life in the Central Highlands in general and Dak Lak province in particular. The study of activities to support ethnic minority women in participating in community supervision is a reference for the activities of the social work sector - an applied science that studies the current situations, implementation of policies and functions of specific target groups.

The study used the method of public consultation, focus group discussions with Ede women in the Community Monitoring Board and in-depth interviews with members of the Monitoring Board/local people. It can be seen that Ede women play an important role in participating in social work. For project staff, the participation of Ede women in the Monitoring Board is a manifestation of a more civilized and modern society.

At the same time, the study also shows the difficulties and barriers of Ede women in their efforts to participate in community activities and the solutions that they themselves have been aiming for. The study has shown that the two biggest support resources in the process of Ede women participating in the Community Monitoring Board of the Rural Infrastructure Development Project serving production in the Central Highlands provinces are the central gender officers and the ward-level women's union officers. The activities that the two above resources carry out when referring to the role of a social worker have shown five basic roles including: (i) The role of a propagandist; (ii) The role of an educator; (iii) The role of a consultant, advisor; (iv) The role of a broker (mobilizing and connecting resources) and (v) The role of a change maker. These are 5 important roles among the main roles of a social worker.

The role of social workers has not been accurately recognized. Therefore, in order to further improve the role of social workers in the two project wards to support Ede women to participate in community supervision, the study has proposed a number of activities that need to be overcome as follows: Firstly, Social workers must constantly study, improve and improve their knowledge, skills, and professional qualifications. At the same time, promote initiative and creativity in situations; Secondly, Supplement human resources with expertise in social work for the project wards; Thirdly, Improve the knowledge of local people, create conditions to provide information about the role of semi-professional social workers, helping them better understand the tasks of the staff performing this work.

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INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Vu Phuong Linh 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: August 9, 1994 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 4295/2016/QD-XHNV Dated: December 16, 2016

6. Changes in academic process:

7. Official thesis title: Support for Ede ethnic women to participate in community monitoring activities in Productive Rural Infrastructure Development Project in the Central Highlands in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province

8. Major: Social work 9. Code: 60900101

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof., Ph.D Hoang Thu Huong – The faculty of Sociology – The University of Social, Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The research focuses on a group of ethnic minority women Ede. Ede people are famous for various cultural characteristics in Dak Lak, Tay Nguyen. The study about helping ethnic minority women with social activities refers to social work – a scientific branch which researches the status, the policy execution and the function of a group. To complete the paper, there are many methods such as referendum, group discussions with Ede women, interview with local leaders. The paper shows the difficulties that Ede women have in joining in social work and also the solutions they are trying to apply. Moreover, the paper finds out two biggest supporters for Ede women in social work “The development of rural infrastructure for manufacturing in Tay Nguyen”: central officials and representatives for Women's Union. As social workers, these people play important roles: (i) propagandists, (ii) educators, (iii) consultants, (iv) agents, (v) innovators. The role of social workers is still underestimated. Therefore, the research proposes some solutions. Firstly, social workers should try to broaden knowledge and be active and creative in all situations. Secondly, the human resource supply should be focused in the projects. Finally, the local people should be given more information about social work.

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