Transitional Gender Identities in a Changing Vietnamese Society

The sharing of information contributes to improving research and intervention programmes and helps to inform policies related to society and health. Helping to enable the sharing of information is one of the key goals that the Center for Creative Initiative in Health and Population (CCIHP) is pursuing. To facilitate this CCIHP has undertaken a survey to evaluate the needs of people requiring access to information. This survey identified two main obstacles that prevent researchers, staffs and students from accessing information. These are that they do not know where they can find information and when found it is difficult to filter and select appropriate information. This survey shows a need for well organized resources and as such CCIHP has established a Resource Center to support readers in accessing information in the areas of gender, sexuality and health. The Newsletter ‘Gender & Sexuality Review’ informs people about the resource center and it will be produced quarterly in English and Vietnamese with the following sections:

• Updates: Brief introduction of new articles published in international or national peer-reviewed journals.
• Events: Information about international and national up-coming conferences, workshops, and training courses.
• Resources Center: Introduction of books and activities of this center.
• Readers view points: Your opinions, feedbacks and views about the topics/books/articles are welcomed.