Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the event (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hasaffirmed the Vietnamese Party and State’s consistent policy of ensuring rightsof people, including women and children.
He made the statement during a teleconference held by theVietnam Women’s Union (VWU)’s Central Committee in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cityon March 6 to launch “The Safety Year for Women and Children”, contributing tothe national action plan for the United Nations (UN) Agenda for SustainableDevelopment 2030.
The PM said legal regulations on gender equality, domesticviolence prevention, health care, education, rights protection, and womenempowerment have been refined.
The State has provided free health insurance for childrenaged below 6 while nearly all children benefited from the expanded vaccinationprogramme, nearly all those aged 5 attended preschools, and about 90 percent ofchildren living in difficulties enjoyed social support.
He lauded the VWU for raising public awareness of genderequality and the importance of ensuring safety for women and children in thefulfillment of sustainable development goals.
Ministries, agencies, mass organisations and localities wereasked to review action plans, propose regulations and policies on social safetyand welfare for children and women, seriously punish violations affecting theirlives, health and dignity.
VWU Central Committee Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said 61women and seven children suffered domestic violence and three children werevictims of sexual abuse each day during 2012-2015.
UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Kamal Malhotra said discriminationand violence against women and children, especially girls, are the most popularviolation of human rights in the world, which is also the least prosecutedcrime.
This year, the VWU Central Committee will take specificactions at the local and central levels such as holding communication campaignson safety for women and children on television and radio stations, issuingpublications, organising conferences and dialogues with ministries, agenciesand localities, reviewing and proposing legal regulations, holding capacitytraining for female officers and those involved in the work.
On the occasion, two photo exhibitions on the theme werealso launched together in the two cities, together with a display of safe farmproduce and consultancy on health care and laws for women and children.-VNA
He made the statement during a teleconference held by theVietnam Women’s Union (VWU)’s Central Committee in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Cityon March 6 to launch “The Safety Year for Women and Children”, contributing tothe national action plan for the United Nations (UN) Agenda for SustainableDevelopment 2030.
The PM said legal regulations on gender equality, domesticviolence prevention, health care, education, rights protection, and womenempowerment have been refined.
The State has provided free health insurance for childrenaged below 6 while nearly all children benefited from the expanded vaccinationprogramme, nearly all those aged 5 attended preschools, and about 90 percent ofchildren living in difficulties enjoyed social support.
He lauded the VWU for raising public awareness of genderequality and the importance of ensuring safety for women and children in thefulfillment of sustainable development goals.
Ministries, agencies, mass organisations and localities wereasked to review action plans, propose regulations and policies on social safetyand welfare for children and women, seriously punish violations affecting theirlives, health and dignity.
VWU Central Committee Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said 61women and seven children suffered domestic violence and three children werevictims of sexual abuse each day during 2012-2015.
UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Kamal Malhotra said discriminationand violence against women and children, especially girls, are the most popularviolation of human rights in the world, which is also the least prosecutedcrime.
This year, the VWU Central Committee will take specificactions at the local and central levels such as holding communication campaignson safety for women and children on television and radio stations, issuingpublications, organising conferences and dialogues with ministries, agenciesand localities, reviewing and proposing legal regulations, holding capacitytraining for female officers and those involved in the work.
On the occasion, two photo exhibitions on the theme werealso launched together in the two cities, together with a display of safe farmproduce and consultancy on health care and laws for women and children.-VNA
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