" "Orange Bowl with TH 2023" - Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
The event was held under the theme “Ending violence against women and girls”. TH Group takes “For true happiness” as the first core value of the 5 core values that TH aims for.
Since its establishment, TH Group has not only built the principle of respect, especially respect for women in the working environment, but has also been a pioneer in spreading this message to the community.
Ms. Hoang Thi Thanh Thuy - Director of Sustainable Development of TH Group shared: “TH Group and the Fund for Vietnamese Stature have been and are continuing to make efforts to contribute to eliminating gender prejudice and gender stereotypes at the individual, family and community levels, especially in the working environment. We believe that "respect and non-discrimination" is one of the important principles to ensure that everyone is equal in role, position, voice, opportunity and benefit. The widespread implementation of the "Orange with TH" campaign is the Group's effort to raise public awareness of this situation. At the same time, it conveys the belief and determination to bring orange - a bright and hopeful future to all those who have been and are living with violence".
This is the second year that TH Group and the Foundation for Vietnamese Stature have joined UN WOMEN to organize the World Orange Campaign - Unite to End Gender-Based Violence. This year's program is organized with the message: Diversity - Equity - Inclusion - Connectivity - For True Happiness.
Since 2008, the United Nations Secretary-General has chosen orange as the symbolic color for efforts and commitments to end gender-based violence to warn of the almost-highest level of danger of this condition globally. In addition to that meaning, orange itself is also a visually appealing color, bringing a sense of joy and hope for a world free of gender-based violence to all women and children, as well as those who are working tirelessly day and night for this goal.
The media program was held on November 25 - the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is also the starting day of the global campaign 16 Days of Solidarity to End Gender-Based Violence against Women and Girls launched by the United Nations. This is also the time of the Month of Action for Gender Equality and Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence, chaired annually by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs .
The event aims to raise awareness and identify sexual harassment in the workplace, thereby taking action to end sexual harassment in the workplace, promoting a safe, respectful and equal working environment so that employees can confidently contribute to the development of the business.
At the event, 200 TH Group staff were updated with information and knowledge about gender equality, gender-based violence, and measures to prevent and combat sexual harassment in the workplace. Many meaningful messages from TH Group staff were shared at the event such as: Everyone has equal rights and opportunities regardless of gender, sexual orientation or gender identity; Silence is not the way to protect yourself and those who are sexually harassed; Gender equality is the key to ending violence against women and children; Say no to sexual harassment in the workplace...
At the event, TH Group representatives also shared the process of receiving and handling cases of sexual harassment in the workplace. Accordingly, the Group has maintained a Committee for preventing sexual harassment in the workplace to ensure a safe, respectful and equal working environment for all staff. The role of employees is also given special attention in the journey of preventing sexual harassment in the workplace at TH Group in particular and violence against women and girls in general.
Within the framework of the event, representatives of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN), TH Group, LIGHT Institute, and VSF jointly performed a commitment ceremony to jointly eliminate all forms of violence against women and children with messages to ensure gender equality: "Diversity - Equity - Inclusion - Connectivity - For true happiness". TH Group believes that a workplace that practices these values will bring positive experiences to employees, maximize the diverse strengths of the workforce, and bring success and development to the entire organization as well as to each member.
Pioneering in implementing the commitment to empower women - meeting the requirements of sustainable development
"Being in the top 30 enterprises promoting gender equality in Vietnam, TH Group has always demonstrated its pioneering position in realizing UN Women's Women's Empowerment Commitment (WEPs) and is increasingly prosperous," said Ms. Nguyen Kim Lan, Manager of the Women's Economic Empowerment Program of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment.
That is also an important reason that helps the Group develop more and more prosperously. With many policies, documents and regulations implementing gender equality, TH has been building an equal and safe working environment for employees, with absolutely no discrimination in the workplace.
With specific policies and solutions, TH has become one of the leading corporations in promoting gender equality in the workplace and in the community. “Employees are the assets of the enterprise. And if they learn to work in an equal and safe environment, they will work with high productivity, quality and efficiency, creating initiatives and good labor performance. TH Group has implemented good gender equality content, meeting the requirements of sustainable development”, Ms. Nguyen Kim Lan shared.
Participating in the "Orange Bowl with TH" festival for the first time, Mr. Le Van Cao, who works at farm No. 4 - a dairy farm cluster of TH Group in Nghia Dan, said that this is a very meaningful activity for all workers. Because he realized that in any organization or enterprise, once the factors of equality - fairness - diversity of each individual are respected and created conditions for development, the opportunities for development and prosperity of that organization or enterprise will become much clearer. For example, at the enterprise he is working for, there are many jobs that seem "not for women" but his female colleagues have completed them excellently and brought outstanding economic efficiency to the unit.
When asked to talk about the contributions of his colleagues of the opposite sex, Mr. Cao proudly shared: “TH Group’s dairy farm is a large-scale concentrated livestock and production farm system, so there are specialized machines that require very high health and skills. Men also have to work very hard. Yet in my unit, there are always very good female machine operators. Simply because they are truly passionate about their work and the company always supports and creates conditions for them to develop themselves in the most effective way.”
Having worked at TH Group for more than 13 years, Ms. Le Thi Hong Dat - Supervisor and President of the Union of Dairy Farm No. 5 is very proud to work in a professional, equal, and fair environment, regardless of position or gender. "Here, we feel the attention of leaders and managers to ensure that all workers have a safe and equal working environment. Therefore, we have the opportunity to develop ourselves, to contribute according to our abilities, with absolutely no discrimination between men and women" - Ms. Dat shared.
As a unit with 61% female employees in the total number of staff, TH Milk Food Joint Stock Company (THMF) has always ensured a policy of support and creating maximum conditions for women to promote their abilities. Ms. Luu Thi Thu Hien - General Director of TH Milk Food Joint Stock Company said: "The company always has a strategy to arrange and reasonably plan work, especially specifically monitor the plans and reproductive needs of female staff so as not to be passive in terms of human resources while ensuring strict implementation of benefits and maternity regimes to create all conditions to help women balance between work, career, passion and family".
The media event: " Tossing oranges with TH 2023" - Ending violence against women and girls has made a deep impression on TH Group's 2023 orange-painting journey. The message of Diversity - Fairness - Inclusion - Connection - For true happiness is widely spread not only to employees working at TH Group but also to people across the country, towards a safer, more equal and better world for all women and girls in Vietnam.
This year, the "To Cam Cung TH" campaign is held directly at 15 TH true mart stores in Hanoi and 10 stores in Ho Chi Minh City from November 15 to December 15, 2023. The TH true mart system participating in the campaign will be decorated with a prominent orange corner. Each customer who buys an orange product and checks in at the orange corner, shares the campaign message with the hashtag "TocamcungTH" will receive a meaningful gift. In addition, for each orange product purchased by customers at the 25 TH true mart stores mentioned above, the For Vietnamese Stature Fund will contribute 630 VND to the Fund to support improving the livelihoods of women who have suffered violence and are in difficult circumstances.
Each loan of at least VND 10 million will be operated in a rotating interest-free manner for beneficiaries. It is expected that VND 300 million will be contributed through the campaign "To Cam with TH 2023" to support the livelihoods of women who have suffered violence and are in difficult circumstances in Muong Ang district, Dien Bien province.
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