At the workshop (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam should consider ratifying international commitments onthe elimination of violence against migrant women, Elisa Fernandez, head of theUN Women’s Office in Vietnam, has said.
Speakingat a workshop on the safe space for women and children in Hanoi on June 24, theUN official suggested Vietnam approve such international documents as theInternational Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrants and Membersof their Families adopted in 1990 and the Domestic Workers Convention in 2011.
Besides,Vietnam should build and implement policies and plans on labour, migration andresponsible social sponsorship, she said.
NguyenThi Thu Ha, President of the Vietnam Women’s Union, said the workshop allowspolicy makers, State managers, researchers and social workers to look intounsafe areas for women and children as well as the root cause of the problem,and identify major issues in policy making to protect the groups effectively.
Statisticsshow that in 2018, 8,056 women have fallen victims to domestic violence, makingup 85.14 percent of the total.
Accordingto the UN Women, 34.4 percent of Vietnamese women suffered from sexual violence,ranking second in Southeast Asia.
Alsoin 2018, 1,579 children were abused and more than 2,000 school violence caseswere detected in the same year.
Hasaid although Vietnam has devised a range of programmes, policies and models toprotect women and children, violence cases against them are still on the rise.
Therefore,it is necessary to thoroughly review all aspects to ensure safety and rights ofwomen and children, enabling them to contribute more to national development,she noted.-VNA
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