A ceremony to launch the 2016 provincial action month on gender equality and elimination of violence against women and girls was held at provincial Cultural House for Children on the morning of November 22, in attendance of Dang Minh Hung, Vice-Chairman of provincial People’s Committee cum Head of provincial Committee for the Advancement of Women (photo).
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According to statistics from the National Study on Domestic Violence against Women, 58% of married women in Vietnam experienced at least one form of violence (physical, mental or sexual) at some point in their lives. On average, there are 1,000 sexual abuse cases in girls every year. More than 1,500 domestic violence cases also occurred in Binh Duong in the period of 2011-2015.
The action month will run from November 15 to December 15 with practical activities such as organizing a talk show on gender equality, hanging propaganda posters on main streets…, thereby calling on the community to realize the State’s laws, policies on gender equality and gender-based violence prevention.
Reported by Thien Ly-Translated by K.T
