New opportunities for ethnic minority women in Cao Bang

As the agency in charge of implementing Project 8, the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period; Phase I: from 2021 to 2025 (National Target Program 1719), from 2022 to present, the Cao Bang Provincial Women's Union has promoted the implementation of the Project's contents. Up to now, the Project has made an important contribution to raising awareness, empowering and opening up new opportunities to help women and children in ethnic minority areas confidently assert their position in the family and society. The task of rearranging commune-level administrative units in Quang Binh is being urgently implemented. In particular, the two criteria: Population and natural area at the commune level in mountainous areas and ethnic minority areas have been clearly defined. 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As the agency in charge of implementing Project 8, the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021 - 2030; Phase I: from 2021 to 2025 (National Target Program 1719), from 2022 to present, the Cao Bang Provincial Women's Union has promoted the implementation of the Project's contents. Up to now, the Project has made an important contribution to raising awareness, empowering and opening up new opportunities to help women and children in ethnic minority areas confidently affirm their position in the family and society. On March 20, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Education and Training organized a seminar on "Vision and future orientation for education in the AI ​​era". On March 20, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Education and Training organized a seminar on "Vision and future orientation for education in the AI ​​era". 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Propaganda through the skit "male superiority, female inferiority" at the communication program on gender equality organized by the Women's Union of Cao Bang province.

Diversify forms of propaganda to raise awareness

According to Vice President of Cao Bang Provincial Women's Union Nguyen Thi Nguyet Minh: In order for Project 8 "Promoting gender equality and solving urgent issues with women and children (W&C)" to be widely implemented, Cao Bang Provincial Women's Union has promoted propaganda with many diverse forms, suitable for W&C who are ethnic minorities to easily access. The province has established a Community Communication Team (CTC), a Community Trust Address and equipped with a lot of knowledge and skills for these models to operate effectively at the grassroots level.

Through implementation, Project 8, National Target Program 1719 has empowered and opened up opportunities for ethnic minority women and children to participate in social life, gradually narrowing the gender gap, contributing to the implementation of local socio-economic development goals.

Ms. Doan Thi Le An, President of Cao Bang Provincial Women's Union

As in Ha Quang district, participating in the TTCĐ Team, members are equipped with knowledge, leadership and management skills and capacity to implement gender mainstreaming; knowledge about gender equality (GEM), how to develop a propaganda plan, and work in groups to promote gender mainstreaming (GEM).

Mr. Vi Xuan Thanh, Head of the Fatherland Front Committee, member of the Community Information Group of Cot Pho hamlet, Tong Cot commune, Ha Quang district said: Joining the Community Information Group of the hamlet, I was trained and equipped with a lot of knowledge about gender equality. In the hamlet meetings, going to propagate and mobilize movements, I have propagated gender equality to the men and women to understand the important role and position of women in the family and society. Up to now, the men in the hamlet actively help their wives and children with production work, do not commit domestic violence, take care of their children, both boys and girls go to school, do not get married early, participate in building new rural areas, and have a cultural family.

In an effort to promote the activities of Project 8, the Women’s Union at all levels organized hundreds of policy dialogues at the commune and hamlet levels for thousands of women at the grassroots level. This has affirmed the role and voice of women in the family and society.

The promoted propaganda activities have contributed to raising people's awareness.

According to Ms. Nong Thi Dam, Head of the Women's Association of Tuc Nga hamlet, Duc Xuan commune, Thach An district: Having been trained in policy dialogue, when the Women's Union of the commune organized a policy dialogue with the commune, my sisters and I proposed to consider supporting, creating jobs, and providing health insurance for ethnic minority women and children. The authorities at all levels responded and gave satisfactory instructions, so the sisters were very excited.

Ms. Hoang Thi Mua, in Ta Say hamlet, Thuong Thon commune, Ha Quang district, said: Thanks to the propaganda about GMOs, ethnic minority women not only know how to farm and do housework as before, but also actively and proactively participate in local movements, know how to raise cows, and develop the family economy. In particular, women know how to identify and take the initiative against the plots of bad guys to entice and cheat, not to help and become victims of cross-border trafficking.

Step by step change your thinking and way of doing

To ensure the voice and substantial participation of women and girls in socio-economic development activities, in recent times, the Cao Bang Provincial Women's Union has organized 5 training conferences on the application of science and technology for over 400 cadres and members at the grassroots level to support livelihood groups, cooperatives, and cooperatives with women as leaders. The Women's Union coordinates with local cadres to build and replicate models of changing "thinking and working methods" to enhance women's economic empowerment, promote gender equality, and solve urgent problems of women and girls.

Through specific activities, linked to the reality in each locality, Cao Bang Women's Union has achieved many positive results in implementing Project 8.

The extensive implementation of Project 8 at the grassroots level throughout Cao Bang province in recent times has contributed to building many effective community communication models; raising awareness of gender equality, gradually eliminating customs that are no longer appropriate. Activities to organize women's policy dialogues with communes, hamlets, and villages... have raised awareness, changed the thinking and working methods of ethnic minority women; supported the care of material and spiritual life; protected and cared for women and children. From there, creating conditions for women and children in ethnic minority areas to be confident and promote their role in many fields.

Ms. Doan Thi Le An, President of the Cao Bang Provincial Women's Union, said: Through the implementation, Project 8, National Target Program 1719 has empowered and opened up opportunities for ethnic minority women and children to participate in social life, gradually narrowing the gender gap, contributing to the implementation of the local socio-economic development goals.

Implementing Project 8, National Target Program 1719, up to now, Cao Bang Provincial Women's Union has organized over 700 dissemination sessions on knowledge and capacity to implement gender equality (GEM) and solve urgent issues for women and children at the grassroots level; eliminate gender stereotypes, prevent domestic violence in many diverse forms, attracting more than 40,000 people in hamlets and villages to participate. Building 746 GEM Teams and training operational skills for over 3,700 district, commune, hamlet level officials and mass organizations who are members of GEM Teams. Training on leadership and management skills, improving capacity to implement gender mainstreaming for over 2,000 officials in the grassroots political system participating in programs and operational models of Project 8.

National Target Program 1719 opens up many opportunities for ethnic minority women in Quang Tri

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