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Activities held to enhance efforts against sexual violence
Activities held to enhance efforts against sexual violence
1/12/19
A number of activities have been taking place across
Vietnam in response to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence
against Women (November 25) and Human Rights Day (December 10).
They include policy dialogues, workshops, competitions and photo exhibitions, along with football and dance competitions to call for an end to violence against women and girls in Vietnam.
They are part of an annual global campaign named 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. This campaign accompanies UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women campaign, which calls on governments, social organisations and people around the world to join hands to deal with this issue.
This year’s 16 Days of Activism is themed “Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands against Rape!”, which stresses the need for a common voice and actions against the culture of impunity around sexual violence and all other forms of violence against women and girls.
UN Resident Coordinator to Vietnam Kamal Malhotra said eradicating violence against women must be the top priority for all men, women, governments and businesses.
He noted the UN is ready to assist Vietnam to boost efforts to break the culture of silence and impunity and ensure that sexual violence is unforgivable in any circumstances and any place in the country.
Naomi Kitahara, Representative of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam, said all people have a role to play in creating a culture of zero tolerance to any forms of sexual violence. She called for joint efforts to end violence against women and girls in Vietnam for a future free of sexual violence and gender-based violence.
In October 2015, the Vietnamese Prime Minister approved a national action programme on gender equality for 2016-2020. This programme holds a national action month from November 15 to December 15 each year to promote gender equality and fight violence against women and girls in the country./.
They include policy dialogues, workshops, competitions and photo exhibitions, along with football and dance competitions to call for an end to violence against women and girls in Vietnam.
They are part of an annual global campaign named 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. This campaign accompanies UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women campaign, which calls on governments, social organisations and people around the world to join hands to deal with this issue.
This year’s 16 Days of Activism is themed “Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands against Rape!”, which stresses the need for a common voice and actions against the culture of impunity around sexual violence and all other forms of violence against women and girls.
UN Resident Coordinator to Vietnam Kamal Malhotra said eradicating violence against women must be the top priority for all men, women, governments and businesses.
He noted the UN is ready to assist Vietnam to boost efforts to break the culture of silence and impunity and ensure that sexual violence is unforgivable in any circumstances and any place in the country.
Naomi Kitahara, Representative of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam, said all people have a role to play in creating a culture of zero tolerance to any forms of sexual violence. She called for joint efforts to end violence against women and girls in Vietnam for a future free of sexual violence and gender-based violence.
In October 2015, the Vietnamese Prime Minister approved a national action programme on gender equality for 2016-2020. This programme holds a national action month from November 15 to December 15 each year to promote gender equality and fight violence against women and girls in the country./.
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All comments [ 7 ]
While strides are being made to ensure safety for women and children, more still needs to be done.
provinces and cities across the country have been enhancing roles and responsibilities in ensuring safety. Many improvements had been made.
With the national campaign "Safe year for women and children" in 2020, women's union at all levels should prioritise the implementation of key activities related to the prevention and fighting against child abuse.
To protect children, the current implementation of the law on child protection and child abuse prevention is still limited due to lack of awareness of children's self-protection responsibilities; lack of basic knowledge and skills
Inspection teams should be set up to ensure the implementation of children's rights, especially at non-public preschool education institutions in industrial parks and export processing zones.
The authorities needed to increase communication to prevent and combat child abuse, detect and report acts of violence against women and children and support health care, legal assistance and counselling.
Let's celebrate the Human Rights day in Vietnam!
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