Propaganda to protect the rights of ethnic minority women
Coming to Canh Hoa commune, Van Canh district, Binh Dinh province, where the majority of ethnic minority communities of Bana and Cham H'Roi live, in the past, most women did not have rights. The ancient customs of their ethnic group stipulate that women are not allowed to inherit property, they must get married, have children and depend on their husband's family. Their busy lives do not allow them to access information about law, health care , and social security. In particular, the majority of ethnic minority communities in Canh Hoa commune do not know the common language (Vietnamese), their families do not have televisions, computers, etc. Therefore, propaganda for the people becomes even more difficult for the Canh Hoa commune government officials. This leads to the situation where a part of ethnic minority women in the commune do not have the right to inherit land or family property, or cannot protect their land rights when there is a dispute.
To solve this problem, the Canh Hoa Commune Women's Union has implemented a number of practical activities to support women in remote areas to access information, especially information on policies, health,education and women's rights regarding laws, policies, rights, health systems, etc. right in the villages to help them better understand support programs and their rights.
In Khanh Vinh district, Khanh Hoa province, where many ethnic minorities live, the Khanh Vinh district Cultural - Sports Center and the Provincial Women's Union organized a communication program "Building a safe living environment for women and children". At the program, 8 communication teams of the Women's Union of communes and towns in Khanh Vinh district communicated in the form of dramatization with many vivid, familiar and memorable skits such as: "My Neighborhood Story", "Awakening", "Preventing in Time", "Broken Dream", "Take Action for a Family Without Violence",... The content focused on preventing and combating domestic violence, promoting gender equality, building healthy social relationships and a safe living environment for women and children.
In fact, one of the difficulties of ethnic minority women is that they do not have access to the necessary information to ensure their own rights. The specificity of the places where they live, there is a lack of electronic information devices to support people. Therefore, to protect the rights of ethnic minority women, each province and locality is currently diversifying communication methods, bringing information to women in villages. According to the summary report of Project 8, by March 2025, 10,393/9,000 Community Communication Teams have been established and maintained (exceeding the target, reaching 115.5%).
Establishing a model of "Trusted Address" for ethnic minority women
In some remote areas, the educational level and living standards of the majority of the population are still low compared to the national average, so domestic violence against women, especially ethnic minority women, is still common. The model of "Trusted Addresses in the community" is expected to be a support for women and children who are victims of domestic violence to have a safe shelter; at the same time, raise awareness of the community in preventing and combating domestic violence. The results of Project 8 after 4 years of implementation have recorded the consolidation and improvement of quality/establishment of 2,312/1,000 Trusted Addresses (exceeding the target, reaching 231% of the plan). In recent years, Trusted Addresses have supported and advised about 110,100 women and children.
For example, in Lieng S'rong commune, Dam Rong district (Lam Dong province), the model "Community Trusted Address" in village 5 was launched in May 2022 by the Provincial Women's Union in coordination with the Dam Rong district Women's Union and the Commune People's Committee. This is a provincial-level model, consisting of 15 members who are prestigious people in the community. Through regular meetings, the model has helped members and people in the commune improve their knowledge of gender equality and prevention of domestic violence.
Since Project 8 was implemented, the Women's Union in Lam Dong province has proactively built the model as a practical, timely and effective solution to support women and children who are victims of violence, while contributing to raising public awareness of human rights, gender equality and preventing violations of the law, especially in remote areas and ethnic minority areas. Currently, there are 97 "Community Trust Address" models in the province, of which 27 models have been built in particularly difficult areas under Project 8 with more than 400 members.
In Muong Va commune, Sop Cop border district, Son La province, the "Trusted Address in the Community" model was launched in the commune center from 2023. This is a place for victims to take refuge and receive care and health protection when unfortunately experiencing domestic violence. The model was born as part of the plan to build pilot models and intervention activities of Project 8 "Implementing gender equality and solving urgent issues for women and children" under the National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021 - 2030, phase I: from 2021 - 2025. The trusted address in Muong Va commune works based on 5 principles such as timely support for victims, protection of victims, verification of information and taking measures to handle,...
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