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Solutions to end sexual harassment against women, girls in public

The White Ribbon Breakfast 2018 and safe orange bus journey were launched in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28 in response to the Action Month for Gender Equality and prevention of gender-based violence and the 16-day global campaign on ending violence against women and girls.
Solutions to end sexual harassment against women, girls in public ảnh 1At the event (Source: VNA) 
HCMCity (VNA) – The White Ribbon Breakfast 2018 and safe orange busjourney were launched in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28 in response to theAction Month for Gender Equality and prevention of gender-based violence andthe 16-day global campaign on ending violence against women and girls.

Accordingto the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the report“Safe cities for women and girls” showed that 18.5 percent of women have been sexuallyabused while 11.7 percent of men admitted sexual harassment against women andgirls in public places in the past 12 months.

TranNgoc Son, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids andSocial Affairs and deputy head of the municipal Committee for the Advancementof Women and Gender Equality, said the White Ribbon Breakfast ot only lookstoward raising public awareness of promoting women empowerment but alsohighlights the importance of ending gender discrimination and preventing sexualharassment against women and girls, towards building gender-sensitive socio-economicpolicies to ensure that women and girls could fully tap their potentials andenjoy fair opportunities.

Overthe past years, the municipal Management and Operation Centre for PublicTransport has improved infrastructure, services quality to ensure safety forwomen and girls on 12 bus routes, installed cameras on more than 2,300 buses tolimit sexual harassment against women and girl commuters.

HaLe An, Deputy Director of the centre, said it also upgraded bus stops andtoilets to meet demand for women, children, the elderly and the disabled,towards building friendly, safe and civilised buses.

Incollaboration with the department and the United Nations Women and Action Aid,the centre staff pasted the message “For safe city for women and girls” on 26bus routes and bus stops.

ThePeople’s Committees of districts 1 and 10 debuted five clubs “Men lead the wayin promoting gender equality” with over 150 members.

Statisticsfrom the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Family Department showedthat 64 women and 10 children suffered from domestic violence each day from2011-2015. Among 157,859 domestic violence cases found during the period, womenvictims aged 16-59 accounted for 74.24 percent.

TheAction Aid Vietnam reported that 87 percent of female respondents in Hanoi andHo Chi Minh City said they experienced sexual harassment in public places in2014.-VNA
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