Japan funds project against women, child trafficking in remote areas

The Japanese Government will provide a non-refundable assistance worth more than 482,000 USD for a project on women and child trafficking prevention in mountainous and remote areas of the northwestern border province of Dien Bien.
Japan funds project against women, child trafficking in remote areas ảnh 1Women of the Dao ethnic group in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The JapaneseGovernment will provide a non-refundable assistance worth more than 482,000 USDfor a project on women and child trafficking prevention in mountainous andremote areas of the northwestern border province of Dien Bien.

Speaking at a signing ceremony in Hanoi onFebruary 26, Ambassador Kunio Umeda said Japan hopes to strengthen cooperationwith Vietnam across all fields including politics, security, economy, andculture and sports, as the two nations have upgraded ties to the level ofextensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia.

The project will be carried out by WorldVision Japan in Dien Bien’s two districts with high rate of poor people ofMuong Cha and Tuan Giao.

It aims to devise a support framework toprevent human trafficking and violence in targeted areas as well as help womenand young girls gain knowledge to protect themselves.

The one-year project, which starts this March,will build and upgrade communal facilities and gathering places for women. Itis to arrange training courses on self-protection and living skills for womenand children, along with those on methods to raise women’s income such aslivestock and vegetable cultivation.

The project will also bolstercommunications on human trafficking prevention in the community to raise publicawareness of gender equality./.
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