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Media play important role in promoting safe, equal migration: seminar

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Vietnam held an online seminar on July 13 to discuss measures to strengthen the role of the media in promoting safe and equal migration.
Media play important role in promoting safe, equal migration: seminar ảnh 1Border guards in northern Lai Chau province persuade people intending to migrate illegally to return to their home (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The United Nations Entity for GenderEquality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the International LabourOrganisation (ILO) in Vietnam held an online seminar on July 13 to discussmeasures to strengthen the role of the media in promoting safe and equal migration.

According to Luong Thanh Quang, deputy head of theDepartment of Consular Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said thatin the 2014-2019 period, each year, more than 100,000 Vietnamese labourers goabroad for working under fixed-term labour contracts, along with tens ofthousands of students and people marrying foreigners.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of migrantstravelling through official channels has reduced, but the illegal migration hasstill seen complicated developments despite border control measures, he noted.

He said that the provision of full and accurate informationon issues related to migration will help promote legal, safe and orderlymigration and prevent illegal migration as well as human trafficking,especially in women.

He stressed the significance of the role of the media, whichhas been stated in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).

Agreeing with Quang,ILO Vietnam Labour Economist Valentina Barcucci lauded the VietnameseGovernment’s drastic directions in encouraging safe and equal migration,especially through the issuance of important legal documents, including a planto implement the GCM.

She underlined therole of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in ensuring that the GCM implementationplan is approved and carried out.

She warned that women labourers are facing greaterchallenges and obstacles than men, along with higher risk of suffering violenceand sexual abuse as well as discrimination, during the migration process.

She called on media agencies to show more active and responsibleengagement in ending violence against migrant workers.

At the event, representatives from the Foreign Ministry, ILOand UN Women as well as media agencies shared ideas to strengthen mutualsupport to create a network with close cooperation in exchanging information,thus contributing to carrying out the GCM implementation plan in Vietnam./.
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