Can Tho office to support reintegration of returning migrant women
Another One-Stop Service Office (OSSO) was launched in Can Tho on March 3 to facilitate sustainable reintegration of returning migrant women in the Mekong Delta city.
Ha Thi Nga, Chairwoman of the Women’s Union of Vietnam, speaks at the launching ceremony of the One-Stop Service Office (OSSO) in Can Tho on March 3. (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) – Another One-Stop Service Office (OSSO)was launched in Can Tho on March 3 to facilitatesustainable reintegration of returning migrant women in the Mekong Delta city.
OSSO Can Tho is part of the project “StrengtheningVietnamese capacity for sustainable reintegration of returning women migrantsand their households in Vietnam” implemented by the International Organisation forMigration (IOM) in cooperation with the Women’s Union of Vietnam.
Funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA),the project has been carried out in Hanoi, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Can Tho andHau Giang since March 2020.
OSSO Can Tho aims to provide returning migrant women andtheir families in Can Tho and other Mekong Delta provinces with freecounselling, consultation and support services on legal advice, psychologicalassistance, education - training - apprenticeship, employment, loan support,health and medical care, gender-based violence prevention, family and children.
It also unites local and foreign organisations in a networkthat offers help to returning migrant women and their family members from theRepublic of Korea and other countries so they can get access to support servicesfor sustainable reintegration.
The establishment of OSSO in Can Tho is strategically meaningfulas the city is home to a large number of returning migrant women, said Ha ThiNga, Chairwoman of the Women’s Union of Vietnam, adding that the union’s CanTho chapter is offering practical support for Vietnamese women whose spousesare foreigners./.
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Ha Thi Nga, Chairwoman of the Women’s Union of Vietnam, speaks at the launching ceremony of the One-Stop Service Office (OSSO) in Can Tho on March 3. (Photo: VNA)
