Vietnam should build laws and regulations to further promote the rolethat social organisations play in preventing and controlling violenceagainst children and child abuse, child rights activists proposed duringa policy dialogue in Hanoi on December 10.
They suggested the Justice Ministry consider adding a regulation toallow lawyers from the Vietnam Association for Protection of Children’sRights (VAPCR) to protect the rights of children, while adding test onchildren as a special examination to the 2012 law on forensic test. Theassessment must be done any time required.
A reportat the event showed that as many as 1,000 children in Vietnam sufferfrom violence and abuse every year. The figure tends to rise amongyounger children, it said.
A survey by the VietnamWomen’s Union also pointed out that up to 73.9 percent of Vietnamesechildren aged 2-14 are punished with violence by their parents andcaretakers or other family members.
At the sametime, 23.7 percent of married women with under 15-year-old children saidtheir husbands committed violence against their children, said thesurvey.
According to VAPCR Chairwoman Tran Thi ThanhThanh, over the past years the National Assembly, Government andlocalities have issued a number of policies and made various programmesand projects to protect children’s rights and address violence and abuseagainst children.
The actions were supported strongly by associations, unions and social organisations, she noted.
However, violence against children and child abuse remained a pressingproblem with growing cases and increasing cruelty, leaving seriousphysical and mental pains for children, she stated.
The activists stressed that the Ministry of Education and Trainingshould take more measures to strengthen the engagement of schoolstudents in detecting, reporting and preventing bullying, violence andabuse against children at schools.
Children’s rights, living and self-protection skills should also be added to school’s curricula, they said.
In addition, the ministry should draw out plans to collaborate with social organisations in the work, they added.-VNA
They suggested the Justice Ministry consider adding a regulation toallow lawyers from the Vietnam Association for Protection of Children’sRights (VAPCR) to protect the rights of children, while adding test onchildren as a special examination to the 2012 law on forensic test. Theassessment must be done any time required.
A reportat the event showed that as many as 1,000 children in Vietnam sufferfrom violence and abuse every year. The figure tends to rise amongyounger children, it said.
A survey by the VietnamWomen’s Union also pointed out that up to 73.9 percent of Vietnamesechildren aged 2-14 are punished with violence by their parents andcaretakers or other family members.
At the sametime, 23.7 percent of married women with under 15-year-old children saidtheir husbands committed violence against their children, said thesurvey.
According to VAPCR Chairwoman Tran Thi ThanhThanh, over the past years the National Assembly, Government andlocalities have issued a number of policies and made various programmesand projects to protect children’s rights and address violence and abuseagainst children.
The actions were supported strongly by associations, unions and social organisations, she noted.
However, violence against children and child abuse remained a pressingproblem with growing cases and increasing cruelty, leaving seriousphysical and mental pains for children, she stated.
The activists stressed that the Ministry of Education and Trainingshould take more measures to strengthen the engagement of schoolstudents in detecting, reporting and preventing bullying, violence andabuse against children at schools.
Children’s rights, living and self-protection skills should also be added to school’s curricula, they said.
In addition, the ministry should draw out plans to collaborate with social organisations in the work, they added.-VNA
