More Choices, More Power: Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment in Labour Migration from Viet Nam

Through an in-depth analysis of survey data and qualitative interviews, the report proposes that the key to increasing women’s power cannot be found in any one place, whether it be a place of origin or work destination abroad. Instead, power can be found within a confluence of local and foreign factors of migration. This research therefore emphasizes that the best strategy for improving the outcomes of migration for women and provincial development is in removing limitations to women’s agency and enabling access to more options from which they can choose.