Cho Han-Deog, Country Director of KOICA Vietnam Office, during the October 22 visit to Anh Duong House in Quang Ninh. (Photo: VNA)Quang Ninh (VNA) – Representatives from theMinistry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the United NationsPopulation Fund (UNFPA) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)made a visit to “Anh Duong” (Sunshine) House – a shelter of supportingessential services to survivors of violence against women and girls based inthe northern province of Quang Ninh on October 22.
The “Anh Duong” House has been managed by QuangNinh province's Social Work Centre, with technical and financial support fromUNFPA and KOICA.
The toll free hotline 1800 1769 was set up to receiveinformation on incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) for urgent response and online counselling onmatters of GBV.
Addressing the event, Deputy Director of the provincialSocial Work Centre Do Anh Hoa said staff at the Anh Duong House has been equipped withnecessary skills to handle sensitive information relating to GBV against women and girls. The house provides victim-centred services, treatsvictims equally with respect and protects their information, he noted.
Since it was launched in April, the house has received 1,231calls via the hotline, including 164 relating to gender equality.
“UNFPA is committed to continuing our support to theGovernment of Vietnam and other partners to end gender-based violence and achievegender equality in Vietnam,” said Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam.
She called on everyone to join forces to make sure thatwomen and girls can live a life free of violence, have equal access toopportunities and resources, exercise their leadership, and participate fullyin the country’s process to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
“We believe that every woman and girl has the right to livein a Gender-Based Violence free environment,” Cho Han-Deog, Country Director ofKOICA Vietnam Office.
“The project’s activities including the establishment ofone coordination mechanism to facilitate inter-institutional support essentialservices will bring about efficient, professional, gender-sensitive andtailored assistance to gender-based violence victims,” he said.
The national study on violence against women in 2019 showedthat nearly two in three married women (almost 63 percent) have experienced oneor more forms of physical, sexual, emotional and economic violence andcontrolling behaviours by their husbands in their lifetime, and almost 32 percentin the last 12 months. Violence against women remains very much hidden. Half ofwomen who experienced violence by husbands had never told anyone. Almost allwomen (90.4 percent) who experienced physical and/or sexual violence fromhusbands did not seek any help from formal service providers. Violence againstwomen has serious consequences on economic development, as well as physical andmental health. It is costing Vietnam’s national economy the equivalent of 1.8percent of GDP.
Data from Quang Ninh province shows that between 2016 and 2018,there were 555 cases of GBV reported, and women victimsconstituted 81 percent. In particular, there were emotional violence (65.2 percent),physical violence (29 percent), sexual violence (2.3 percent), and economicviolence (9.5 percent). The large majority (76.3 percent) of victims were inthe age group 16-59 years./.
The national study on violence against women in 2019 showedthat nearly two in three married women (almost 63 percent) have experienced oneor more forms of physical, sexual, emotional and economic violence andcontrolling behaviours by their husbands in their lifetime, and almost 32 percentin the last 12 months. Violence against women remains very much hidden. Half ofwomen who experienced violence by husbands had never told anyone. Almost allwomen (90.4 percent) who experienced physical and/or sexual violence fromhusbands did not seek any help from formal service providers. Violence againstwomen has serious consequences on economic development, as well as physical andmental health. It is costing Vietnam’s national economy the equivalent of 1.8percent of GDP.
Data from Quang Ninh province shows that between 2016 and 2018,there were 555 cases of GBV reported, and women victimsconstituted 81 percent. In particular, there were emotional violence (65.2 percent),physical violence (29 percent), sexual violence (2.3 percent), and economicviolence (9.5 percent). The large majority (76.3 percent) of victims were inthe age group 16-59 years./.
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