At the Friendship Football Match 2023 “Orange Your Dream” (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Nearly 100 students from the northern mountainousprovince of Ha Giang and Hanoi took part in the Friendship Football Match2023 “Orange Your Dream” in the capital city on November 11.
The match was held byUN Women in collaboration with UNESCO, the Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi, theMinistry of Education and Training, the media centre of the Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment, and Football for All Vietnam project in response tothe UN’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign (November 25 –December 10), and the national action month for gender equality and preventionand response to gender-based violence (November 15-December 15).
It highlighted theimportance of sport to support diversity and equality so that individuals,regardless of their genders, are able to tap their potential to the fullestextent and fulfil their dreams.
In her opening remarks,Caroline Nyamayemombe, Acting Interim UN Women Representative in Vietnam, saidthat sport has affirmed its ability to promote gender equality and empowermentof women and girls, stressing football can help bring the community together,improve health, relieve pressure, and control violence activities.
Violence against women and children remains a challenge for Vietnam. Accordingto a government’s survey in 2019, every two in three women experienced one ormore forms of violence by their husbands in their lifetime. Meanwhile, the surveyon the Sustainable Development Goal indicators for children and women during2021-2021 showed that more than 68% of surveyed kids aged 10-14 sufferedphysical punishment.
Along with joining in and cheering upon the players, the students had anopportunity to receive training from Mai Duc Chung, head coach of the Vietnamwomen’s football team, and engaged in a talk with national female football players,including Thanh Nha, Hai Yen and Vu Thi Hoa, and Vietnam's first FIFA female referee Bui Thi ThuTrang, who are typical role models of Vietnamese women in sport./.
