Responding to the Vietnamese Family Year in 2013 and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November), 10/12 in Hanoi, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (VTCT) and agencies The United Nations in Viet Nam organized a workshop on launching a national network on domestic violence prevention and control; Summing up the campaign to respond to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the Vietnamese Family Year 2013.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Dang Thi Bich Lien, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, affirmed that domestic violence is a global problem, occurring in every society. . Women and girls are the main beneficiaries of the major consequences of gender-based violence.

Phụ nữ và trẻ em gái là đối tượng chính phải chịu hậu quả lớn của bạo lực giới (Ảnh minh họa)

Gender-based violence, in which violence against women and girls is a potential risk to breaking the family's stability and sustainability. The prevention and progressive repression of violence against women is of national concern in the world. In many international forums, the issue of domestic violence and violence against women is recognized by governments as a violation of human dignity, a violation of international conventions on the abolition of all discrimination against women, which Vietnam was one of the early adopters of this convention.

Ms. Lien said that in the coming period, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will continue to step up coordination activities in the coming time as the state management agency in charge of preventing domestic violence. mobilizing the participation of domestic and international organizations to promote domestic violence prevention network nationwide in order to enhance the effectiveness of the domestic violence prevention law

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Ra mắt mạng lưới quốc gia phòng chống bạo lực gia đình

At the workshop, the National Anti-Domestic Violence Network was launched, with members including Government agencies, United Nations organizations in Viet Nam, socio-political organizations ... Contribute to the implementation of domestic violence law in Viet Nam. Establishing a network of domestic violence prevention and control is a very important activity in the process of developing a national coordination mechanism for domestic violence prevention and control in Vietnam, aiming at a national solution. to avoid overlapping and duplication in interventions, while promoting the role, involvement and efforts of the stakeholders.

Also in the workshop, the Department of Family, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism summarized the campaign in response to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 25 November and responds to five Vietnamese families in 2013. With the theme " violence against women, "the purpose of the campaign is to work together to promote active male involvement in the fight against violence against women. A series of 16 consecutive events, from street exhibitions, street parades, conferences, contests, ... has attracted a great deal of leaders and people from all walks of life. It is estimated that there are about 10,000 people, mainly young people directly involved in the campaign.

Lễ mít tinh, diễu hành chung tay phòng chống bạo lực đối với phụ nữ và trẻ em gái là một trong những hoạt động của chiến dịch hưởng ứng Ngày quốc tế xóa bỏ bạo lực đối với phụ nữ (Ảnh: Văn Hải)

Arthur Erken, Chief Representative of the United Nations Population Fund in Viet Nam, said: "The campaign to respond to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 25/11 aims to eradicate domestic violence, For women and girls, it is time to raise our voices and eliminate gender inequalities in society. "

Arthur Erken also shared that 58% of married women in Vietnam have ever experienced physical or emotional abuse. In order to ensure that women and girls live in a non-violent environment, voice their voices and guarantee their rights, we need to work harder in coordinating government agencies, Private organizations, as well as the whole society, hand in hand to deal with domestic violence.

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