1. Full name of the author: Le Thi Quynh Hao

2. Gender:  Female

3. Date of birth:         22th August 1977                                                 

4. Place of birth:      Hungyen

5. Admission Decision No. 5772/ QĐ-ĐHQGHN dated 31/12/2014 by The President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:

- Decision about changing training program from the international PhD program in Vietnamese studies to the VNU standard PhD program in Vietnamese studies in accordance to Decision No. 159/QĐ-VNH, dated June 23, 2017, signed by the Director of Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences.

- Extension of training duration to 6 months according to Decision No. 3/QD-VNH dated Jannuary 2, 2018 by the Director of the Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences. 

- Decision of renaming the dissertation No. 285/QĐ-VNH dated November 28, 2017 by Director of Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science.

7. Official dissertation title: Position and role of E-de and Mnong ethnic women in their traditional society (study in epic and custom law)

8. Major:                Vietnamese Studies

9. Code:                 62 22 01 13

10. Supervisors:           

First Supervisor:  Associate.Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Viet Thanh

Second Supervisor: Dr. Le Hong Phong

11. Summary of the new findings of the dissertation:

- This study has made contribution to clarifying one of the important dimensions in the cultural space of E-de and Mnong on the Central Highlands, i.e. the social dimension with people as an entity, in which women play an extremely important role in community activities and traditional family life in matriliny.

- The roles and position of the Central Highlands women is a cultural tradition embedded in matriliny. This is a long-lived cultural tradition of several ethnic groups on the Central Highlands. Due to the considerable economic and social changes, its values cannot remain a constant. With time, together with the economic development entailing the social and cultural changes in the whole region of the Central Highlands, the roles and position of women are certainly subject to changes in different ways in different regions. This thesis attempted to interpret the causes of the changes when surveying the roles and position of E-de and Mnong females on the Central Highlands.

- The results of this study has made a contribution to the information of the roles and position of women in family and community lives, society, work, relationships with parents, children, husbands, and siblings through epics and customs of E-de and Mnong on the Central Highlands in comparison with the present life. This study provides a detailed, specific and systematic understanding of the roles and position of E-de and Mnong women from the traditional to present society.

- Through the SWOT analysis of the roles and position of E-de and Mnong women, this study has pointed out the strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats in order to suggest solutions to improve the roles and positions of women in society.

- Through the roles and position of women acknowledged in epics and customs, this study has clarified the cultural features of E-de and Mnong on the Central Highlands.

12. Applicability:

- Contributing to the documents on methods to organize traditional society of the Ede and Mnong groups, an important aspect of the cultural space of the Ede and Mnong on the Central Highland.

- Serving as a source of reference for studies on ethnology, sociology, cultural studies and for policy makers of human resources and gender equality on the Central Highland. In a region with different ethnic groups and economic problems like the Central Highland, it is necessary to study the position and roles of women through the system of epics and customs. This helps conserve values of cultural folklore, especially folklore knowledge of community organization.

- Asserting the unique values of Central Highland epics and customs in reflecting social life of the Central Highland ethnic community truly and visually. The results of this study can also be a source of reference for researchers who desire to have insights into the position of women in matrilineal communities on the Central Highland in Vietnam in a historical period.

13. Further research directions:

- The data of this thesis can be used to compare and contrast the position and roles of Ede ad Mnong females to those of different ethnic minority groups for similarities and differences.

- The researcher can also study the position and roles of Ede and Mnong females in different locations.

14. Relevant publications of PhD Student (list them in chronological order)

1. Le Thi Quynh Hao (2015). Mnong females’ beauty shown in epics, Dalat University Scientific Journal, vol. 10 (ISSN 0866-787X).

2. Le Thi Quynh Hao (2015). Mnong females’ roles and position in comparison with males’ (through surveyed epics), Hong Duc University Scientific Journal, vol 10 (ISSN 1859-2759).

3. Le Thi Quynh Hao (2016). Mnong matrilineal culture through SWOT analysis. Hong Duc University Scientific Journal, vol 10 (ISSN 1859-2759).

4. Le Thi Quynh Hao (2016). A comparison between female and male roles and position in Ede Family (through a survey of customs), Workshop held by Institute of Vietnam Studies and Scientific Development in collaboration with Center for Supporting Asian Studies, Hanoi National University on 24 November 2016.

5. Le Thi Quynh Hao (2017). Ede female roles in the preservation of traditional culture to the sustainable development of the present Central Highland, National Workshop on Developing Central Highland’s Economy – Potentials and Problems, Institute of Social Sciences, Central Highland, 3 November 2017 in Gia Lai.

6. Le Thi Quynh Hao (2017). The roles and position of Ede females in matrilineal culture (through surveyed traditions). In Duong Huu Bien (ed.), (ISBN 978-604-73-5693-5) (pp. 288-309). National University of Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House.

7. Le Thi Quynh Hao (2017). The roles of Ede females in the process of rural development nowadays, In Duong Huu Bien (ed.), (ISBN 978-604-73-5693-5) (pp. 310-335). National University of Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House.