Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Aproject designed to help girls, especially those in ethnic minority areas, get accessto education, was launched by UNESCO in Hanoi on April 25.
Financed by the UNESCO Malala Fund for Girls' Right to Education, the “We are able” project willfocus on four key fields, including raising public awareness of the importanceof education for girls; building a safe and healthy educational environmentthrough raising awareness of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV), strengthening teachers'capacity to meet gender-responsive school counseling.
The project will also helpincrease employment opportunities for girls and women through training programmeson activities to create incomes and support ethnic minority children to overcomeprejudices.
Michael Croft, Chief Representative of UNESCO in Vietnam, said the organisationwill coordinate with ethnic minority communities and relevant authorities to helpethnic minority children, especially girls and women realise their dreams andaspirations.
Based on consultations with the Ministry of Education and Training and the Government Committee for Ethnic Affairs, the three-year project is hoped to contributeto implementing the education development strategy in the 2011-2020 period, theAction Plan to implement UN sustainable development goal and the ethnic minority affairs strategy by 2020.
The project will see the participation of about 16,000 people, including students,teachers, rectors of ethnic minority schools, education officials and parentsin the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, the south central province ofNinh Thuan and the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.-VNA
Financed by the UNESCO Malala Fund for Girls' Right to Education, the “We are able” project willfocus on four key fields, including raising public awareness of the importanceof education for girls; building a safe and healthy educational environmentthrough raising awareness of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV), strengthening teachers'capacity to meet gender-responsive school counseling.
The project will also helpincrease employment opportunities for girls and women through training programmeson activities to create incomes and support ethnic minority children to overcomeprejudices.
Michael Croft, Chief Representative of UNESCO in Vietnam, said the organisationwill coordinate with ethnic minority communities and relevant authorities to helpethnic minority children, especially girls and women realise their dreams andaspirations.
Based on consultations with the Ministry of Education and Training and the Government Committee for Ethnic Affairs, the three-year project is hoped to contributeto implementing the education development strategy in the 2011-2020 period, theAction Plan to implement UN sustainable development goal and the ethnic minority affairs strategy by 2020.
The project will see the participation of about 16,000 people, including students,teachers, rectors of ethnic minority schools, education officials and parentsin the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, the south central province ofNinh Thuan and the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.-VNA
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