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Action partnership network for gender-based violence prevention debuts

An action partnership network for gender-based violence prevention and response was launched at a seminar held both online and offline on December 14.
Action partnership network for gender-based violence prevention debuts ảnh 1At the seminar (Photo: MoLISA)

Hanoi (VNA) – An action partnership network for gender-based violence prevention and response was launched at a seminar held both online and offline on December14.

Theevent was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs (MoLISA), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Approvedby the Prime Minister, the programme on gender-based violence prevention and response set a targetthat by 2025, at least 50 percent of gender-based violence victims will receivesupport from service suppliers and all having demand will be assisted invarious forms.

Participants sharedexperience in building inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms in support of victimsvia the launch of Anh Duong (Sunshine) House, a shelter providing essentialservices to survivors of violence against women and girls based in the northernprovince of Quang Ninh.

The model is the first of its kind in Vietnam within theframework of the cooperation programme between MoLISA and UNFPA whichis funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

UNFPARepresentative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara hailed MoLISA and relevant agenciesfor their achievements in dealing with gender-based violence over the pastfive years.

Shesuggested that more initiatives should be outlined to encourage the involvement ofyoung people in the effort while similar models should be multiplied.

UNFPA called on the Government to issue better cooperation mechanisms in variousfields to strengthen intervention activities in a bid to end violence against women, shesaid.

A 2019 survey by MoLISA and the General Statistics Office showed that 62.9 percent of Vietnamese women had suffered from one or different forms of violence and 90.4 percent of gender-based violence victims did not seekany support from authorities and half of them never shared their plights withanyone. Economic loss caused by violence against women accounted for 1.81 percent of thecountry’s gross domestic product./.

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