(HBO) – Between 2008 and 2018, Lac Son district saw 109 emotional and physical violence cases in families. The cases mostly happened in rural areas, involving people aging from 16-59, with the majority of victims being women. Forms of violence were both emotional and physical
The regional development programme of Lac Son in collaboration with the
district police and the Women’s Union of Mien Doi commune hold communication
activities on children protection and prevention of accidents, violence and
child marriage.
Reasons behind the situation vary from
poverty, jealousy to drinking. Violence affects all members in the family,
especially women and children. Since the promulgation of the Law on Domestic
Violence Prevention and Control, the number of violence cases in the district
has been reduced.
To deal with difficulties in the field,
the district has focused on giving professional training and interfering
capacity improvement to local officials as well as settlement of violations of
the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control, while supporting victims
of domestic violence.
Specifically, over the past 10 years, the
district has held 11 training courses for 1,000 full-time and part-time local
officials in charge of family affairs of communes, towns and the steering
committee for domestic violence prevention and control, as well as head of
happy family clubs.
So far, all the 29 communes and wards of
the district have set up their steering committees for domestic violence
prevention and control and facilities to support victims of domestic violence,
along with 370 "sustainable development families” clubs, clubs for steering
committee for domestic violence prevention and combat, and 30 shelters for the
victims.
The district has organised 280
communication events at the district level, and over 2,000 other campaigns at the
communal and ward levels, attracting more than 550,000 officials and locals.
Communication forms have been diversified,
including panels, mobile radio, bulletins, and radio systems in communes and
wards. The efforts have helped minimise the number of domestic violence cases,
promoting the campaigns of building happy families and cultural families.
So far, 28,646 out of the 33,358 local
households have meet criteria for "cultural families”, reaching 85.8 percent.
The district has also developed 32 clubs of "happy family” with a membership of
over 300./.
In October, Nguyen Van Thuy, a primary school teacher at Hung Son Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son town, Luong Son district, was one of three Vietnamese representatives to receive the Inspiring Teacher Award at the Asia-Pacific Cha-Ching Financial Accreditation (CCFA) Teacher Conference for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The Women’s Union of Hoa Binh province has carried out various measures to promote gender equality over the recent past, seeing it as the key to eliminating violence against women and girls.
A delegation from Hoa Binh province, led by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong, recently had a working session with leaders from Thai Nguyen University’s branch in Ha Giang province.
In order to improve the quality of medical examination, treatment and disease prevention, in recent years, the health sector of Hoa Binh province has always focused on improving the quality of its human resources so as to provide better health care for the people.
On the afternoon of November 22, at Hoang Van Thu High School for the Gifted, the Hoa Binh Provincial Youth Union held a summary and awarding ceremony for the Second Online English Singing Contest in Hoa Binh Province in 2024 and organized a training session for provincial English volunteer teachers.
