In the morning of May 9th, the Provincial Women's Union held a conference to summarize the Project "Empowering women’s rights through the access to the Law on Cyber Security, Marriage and Family Law”.
The delegates participating
the conference were exchanging information about the project.
The project was implemented
from August 2023 in 4 communes in 2 districts, Yen Thuy and Lac Son. The
project has organized 18 training classes to empower women’s rights through the
access to the Law on Cyber Security, Marriage and Family Law for over 600 core
women members and the people in the area of 4 communes; editing and publishing
over 1,200 media notebooks; editing and releasing over 10 thousand media
reflections. Through the project, more than 6 people have had better access to
justice. The number of people raised the awreness through the the Law on Cyber
Security are over 4,400 people, reaching 114% of the set plan.
The project has taken part
in solving the necessary problems and taking measures to minimize the risks for
the women in the ethnic minority areas; Raising the awareness of the Law on
Cyber Security and the Law on Marriage and Family, thereby, it helps empowering
the women’s rights, especially the family decision-making and the economic
rights through the use of a safe, healthy and effective network environment.
A workshop on promoting the role of reputable individuals and religious dignitaries in popularising and promoting gender equality in ethnic minorities and mountainous areas was held by the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) in Hoa Binh province on July 16.
Hoa Binh province has 145 out of the 151 communes, wards, and towns which are ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, 506 communes facing extreme difficulties, and more than 74% of its population being ethnic minority people.
Creating on-site jobs for rural women lies in the heart of the operation of the Women's Union of Lac Thinh commune in Yen Thuy district. Bui Thi Tien, 44, of the Muong ethnic group, a member of the women's union of Sau hamlet in Lac Thinh commune, has boldly sought and created jobs for many women to increase their income and improve their families' living standards.
Defining socio-economic development and effective implementation of policies on ethnic affairs in the locality has been a continuous and crucial task during 2019-2024 period, the Party Committee and People's Committee of Cao Phong district have focused on leadership in executing these tasks, achieving positive results. The material and spiritual lives of people in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas have gradually improved while rural area has gained a face-lift.
Hoa Binh’s education and training sector is implementing concerted measures to better the quality of education and training, proactively implementing the national target programme on new rural area building.
Family is the home of each person and the cell of a society. It also plays a significant role in the formation and development of each person’s personality. On May 4, 2001, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 72/2001/QD-TTg, designating June 28 as the Vietnamese Family Day. Over the past years, Hoa Binh province has carried out a number of activities to honour the family traditions and help develop prosperous, progressive, equal, happy "cells of society”.
