Int’l organisations work to protect Vietnamese women, children from violence

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Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, H.E Robyn Mudie, and UNFPA Representative to Vietnam, Ms. Naomi Kitahara, sign on to the new partnership in Ha Noi. (Photo: Australian Embassy in Vietnam)

The project is sponsored by the Australian Government, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, and UN Women, and is being carried out by the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam Women’s Union, and the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA).

UNFPA Chief Representative Naomi Kitahara said that putting an end to violence against women and children should be the top priority of all people.

Vietnam will not achieve all of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030 if it cannot eliminate this type of violence, she explained, and she hopes this new project will create a breakthrough that ends violence against women and children in the country.

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie said that domestic violence and gender-based violence tend to increase during crises and natural disasters.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment and home quarantine resulted in domestic violence surging in many countries around the world.

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In Vietnam, the Australian Government will fund AUD2.5 million (US$1.7 million) from its AUD10.5-million budget package to support the project for one year.

The number of calls to the Vietnam Women’s Union hotline from women experiencing domestic violence during social distancing surged 50%, while the number of victims rescued or taken to its Peace House was up 80% year-on-year.

Meanwhile, a survey on the pandemic’s impact on children, conducted by the Vietnam Association for the Protection of Children’s Rights, revealed that 48% of respondent children said they felt vulnerable because of verbal abuse, while 8% were beaten and 32.5% said they were not properly cared for by their parents.

The project aims to raise community awareness about the risk of violence in families and in concentrated quarantine facilities. It targets Ha Noi, northern Quang Ninh province, central Da Nang city, and HCM City, which have been most affected by the pandemic.

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