Vietnam Social Security provides guidelines on the implementation of the Month of Action for Gender Equality in 2024

Vietnam Social Security provides guidelines on the implementation of the Month of Action for Gender Equality in 2024​ (Image from the internet)

Vietnam Social Security provides guidelines on the implementation of the Month of Action for Gender Equality in 2024

Guidelines for the implementation of the Action Month for gender equality and prevention, response to gender-based violence in 2024 with key contents as follows:

* Theme for the Action Month 2024

"Ensuring social welfare, empowering, and creating opportunities for women and girls to achieve gender equality and eliminate gender-based violence."

* Main Activities

- Enhance dissemination of the theme, messages, and activities of the Action Month via mass media at the central and local levels through various forms suited to different target groups and practical situations, such as: direct communication; broadcasting on radio and television systems; local information systems in communes, wards, commune-level towns; electronic information pages, electronic newspapers, and social networks; hanging banners, slogans in public places and on public vehicles,...

- Promote awareness about social welfare policies for the general populace and specifically for women and children, the role of empowering women and girls in promoting gender equality. Organize contests on gender equality and gender-based violence (law understanding competitions, creative writing, dramatizations, skilled advocate competitions), cultural and sports exchanges; organize supportive activities for victims, women, and children in difficult circumstances; commend notable groups and individuals in gender equality work, prevention, and response to violence against women and children in general and specifically in the implementation of the Action Month in 2024.

- Intensify digital communication through social networks (Facebook, fanpage, YouTube...) to reach more people, especially young people, students... to further disseminate gender equality and prevention, response to gender-based violence, empowering women and girls.

- Publish communication products on social welfare policies, the role of women, gender equality, and prevention, response to violence, abuse against women and children, and skills to prevent, respond to the negative impacts of climate change, natural disasters, floods, and epidemics.

- Boost mobilization of resources to implement the Action Month, increase private investment in communication activities and support women, children in difficult circumstances, victims of abuse, violence, trafficking, exploitation, people affected by natural disasters, climate change,...

- Strengthen various forms of inspection on gender equality and the advancement of women in agencies, units, localities during the Action Month. Strictly handle violations of gender equality, gender-based violence, and the implementation of policies supporting social welfare.

* Purpose, Requirements

- Enhance the role, responsibility, and effectiveness of coordination work among all levels and sectors from central to local, thereby mobilizing the comprehensive strength of the entire political system and people to participate in gender equality implementation and prevention, response to gender-based violence, empowering women and girls, ensuring social welfare for the goal of sustainable development.

- Intensify dissemination, education, and propagation of social welfare policies, gender equality, prevention, and response to gender-based violence at all levels.

- Strengthen education on knowledge, skills for protecting against, preventing violence, abuse against women and children, family members, those working in gender equality and child matters. Provide information, enhance capacity for prevention, response to the negative impacts of climate change, natural disasters, floods, and epidemics on women and children.

- Focus on prevention, detection, prevention, and prompt handling of violence, abuse against women and children, aiming to reduce, work toward ending violence, abuse against women and children.

- The planning and execution of Action Month activities must be conducted uniformly, ensuring practical effectiveness, cost-efficiency, and suitability to the practical situation at the agency, unit, locality. Increase the application of information technology in propagating, disseminating laws, policies, and implementing activities in response to the Action Month.

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