According to statistics, in 2021, the province's sex ratio at birth was 115.6 boys/100 girls, and by the end of 2024, the sex ratio at birth decreased to 114 boys/100 girls. Although the province's sex ratio at birth has been controlled and gradually decreased, Vinh Phuc is still among the provinces with a high sex ratio at birth compared to the whole country.
The main reason is still the male-dominated ideology, the desire to have sons, and gender stereotypes that still exist and are deeply ingrained in people's awareness.
Faced with this situation, the Department of Health has promoted propaganda and communication on gender equality to change people's awareness; issued propaganda documents and instructions on implementing population communication work; developed and deployed propaganda on the Department's website; focused on propaganda on anniversaries, World Population Day on July 11...
Since the beginning of the year, the Department of Health has organized 1 training conference on regulations related to the prohibition of fetal sex selection for medical facilities providing related services; 2 mobile propaganda campaigns on gender imbalance at birth on main roads in 9 districts and cities; organized training to update new knowledge in the field of population, propaganda skills on regulations related to the prohibition of fetal sex selection for officers of the Population Department, specialized officers, and heads of commune, ward, and town health stations.
District and city health centers organized 66 conferences to disseminate and talk about gender, sex, and the prohibition of choosing the sex of the fetus for the purpose of MCBGTKS for 5,280 couples of childbearing age and related subjects; organized 18 direct communication conferences for more than 1,440 women of childbearing age.
Organize mobile propaganda in 9 districts and cities in the province; propagate the consequences of gender equality through propaganda painting contests; happy family contests, connecting love...
Every year, the Department of Health and other units hold conferences to honor families with two daughters who have implemented population policies well, have successful daughters, daughters who take good care of their parents and the elderly, and those in difficult circumstances.
As a political and social organization with the mission of protecting the rights and interests of women, the Women's Union at all levels has many activities to propagate and disseminate laws on gender equality in many forms such as oral propaganda, organizing seminars, exchanges, dialogues, organizing thematic activities, integrating into the activities of club models, training, improving knowledge about gender and gender equality for cadres and members...
Not only diverse in form, the propaganda content is also built to suit each locality and target group. Propaganda activities are deployed evenly and enthusiastically from the provincial to grassroots levels, contributing to improving members' understanding and knowledge about gender equality and preventing and combating domestic violence.
The Department of Education and Training develops and implements communication programs to raise awareness of gender and responsibility towards women for students, helping them choose suitable careers and schools, raising awareness of reproductive health and preventing violence against women and children.
Educational institutions actively coordinate with health units to organize thematic talks, integrate gender equality content into formal teaching activities, organize extracurricular activities, creative experiences, exchanges, exhibitions, seminars, thematic talks, and dramatization.
The Department of Health focuses on effectively implementing the Intervention Project to reduce the gender ratio at birth through many practical activities such as organizing communication events in response to the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11 every year; holding conferences on gender, sex, prohibiting fetal sex selection, gender ratio at birth for couples of childbearing age, young people preparing to get married and related subjects in communes, wards and towns with high sex ratio at birth, disadvantaged communes, mountainous areas, densely populated areas, areas with high birth rates...
In the coming time, the Department of Health will continue to focus on promoting and raising awareness of gender equality, promoting communication and education on behavior change to reduce the situation of MCBGTKS; warning about the long-term consequences of MCBGTKS on the happiness of each family and the development of the social community; advising Party committees and authorities from the province to the grassroots level, promoting the exemplary pioneering role and responsibility of cadres and party members in implementing solutions to reduce the situation of MCBGTKS.
Dieu Linh
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