Campaign helps raise public awareness of gender equality
A large number of activities were arranged nationwide during an action month for gender equality and fight against gender-based violence, contributing raising public awareness of gender equality, an official has said.
Students in an activity of the month (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A series of activities were organised nationwideduring an action month for gender equality andfight against gender-based violence, contributing to raising public awareness of gender equality, an official hassaid.
Speakingat conference to review the implementation of the month in Hanoi on December 15, Deputy Ministerof Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs Dao Hong Lan said thecampaign helped spread a strong message calling for gender equality and thetermination of violence against women and girls.
Lan called for more enduring efforts, especially commitments on budget for the work
Shestressed the Ministry willcontinue joining hands with domestic and international organisations to fine-tune policies and laws, and perform programmes and projects on genderequality and fight against gender-based violence,towards building a civilised, progress, equal and safe society.
Shoko Ishikawa, ChiefRepresentative of the UN agency on gender equality and empowerment of women (UN Women) in Vietnam highlightedthe significance of the activity, expressing her hope that the United Nations in Vietnam will continue thepartnership with the Vietnamese Government, civil social organisations anddevelopment partners in the work, thus bringing justice to victims of violence.
At the conference, representatives from several ministries,sectors, localities, non-governmental and international organisations sharedexperience in implementing the campaign.
On the occasion, a number of organisations and individuals were presented with insignias for their good performance and contributions to activities during themonth.
Girl children are not only the victims of domesticviolence but also human trafficking, sexual abuse and violence from outside thefamily. A national survey on domestic violence against women and childrenreported that there was an average of 1,000 cases of girl child sexual abuseevery year.
Themed “Joining hands to remove violence againstwomen and girl children”, the month-long campaign, starting from November 15,aims to encourage the involvement of agencies, organisations and people inefforts to ensure gender equality and prevent violence against women and girlchildren.-VNA
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Students in an activity of the month (Source: VNA) 
