In order to reduce early marriage and consanguineous marriage (TH&HNCHT), in recent times, Phuoc Son district (Quang Nam province) has mobilized the participation of the entire system, in which promoting the role of leaders, the role of the propaganda team and especially the coordination with schools and organizations to join hands to push back this social evil. Thanks to that, the situation of consanguineous marriage has ended, early marriage has decreased significantly. In recent times, from the capital of the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas, Phase I: 2021-2025 (National Target Program 1719), the mountainous localities of Quang Ngai have focused on building highly effective economic models. From there, promote sustainable agricultural development and bring stable income to the people. At exactly 19:10 local time (17:10 Hanoi time) on December 3, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his wife, along with the high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly arrived in Tokyo, starting an official visit to Japan from December 3-7 at the invitation of President of the Japanese House of Councilors Sekiguchi Masakazu and his wife. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. This afternoon's news, December 3, has the following notable information: Quang Nam: Opening of the Museum of Local Products in Hoi An. Unique house gates in Mang But. Preserving the "forest scent" of Tay Con Linh. Along with other current news in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas. On December 3, the People's Committee of Hoi An City (Quang Nam) held the opening ceremony of the Hoi An Local Products Museum. This unique event attracted many tourists to visit and admire. Determining that vocational training and job creation for workers will contribute significantly to poverty reduction and improving the quality of life for people, in recent times, all levels and sectors in Ham Yen district (Tuyen Quang province) have implemented many solutions to improve the quality of vocational training and introduce jobs for workers. The Cham community in Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan provinces has two main sects: the Cham people following Brahmanism and the Cham people following Bani Islam. In addition, there is a small group following Islam, which was separated from Bani Islam and introduced to Ninh Thuan province in the 60s of the 20th century. In cultural life in general In general, culinary culture in particular, the Cham people of the two above sects have their own culinary characteristics and codes of conduct. On November 3, the Military Command of Duc Pho town (Quang Ngai province) said that a fishing boat of fishermen in the area was burned, the cause is unknown, the initial damage is about 100 million VND. The summary news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper, on December 3, has the following notable information: "Highland market - Welcome to the New Year 2024". Gio An ancient well, an attractive eco-tourism destination. Gia Lai in the red coffee season. Along with other current news in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee has just issued Decisions to recognize Son Binh and Son Hiep communes, Khanh Son district, to meet new rural standards (NTM) in 2024. These are the first two communes of Khanh Son mountainous district to be recognized to meet NTM standards. This time, the Provincial People's Committee also issued a Decision to recognize Vinh Trung commune (Nha Trang city) as meeting the advanced NTM standards in 2024. The People's Committee of Binh Dinh province has issued a Plan to implement the project to develop large timber forests with FSC certification, with the goal that by 2035, the province will have more than 30,000 hectares of large timber forests. On December 3, the People's Court of Quang Ngai province opened a first-instance criminal trial of Le Dinh Thiet (57 years old, residing in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province) for murder. On the morning of December 3, in Phuoc Ha commune, Thuan Nam district, Ninh Thuan province, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ninh Thuan province organized a handover ceremony of 19 Great Unity houses to Raglay ethnic people who are poor and near-poor households with housing difficulties. Attending the ceremony were Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ninh Thuan province Le Van Binh; Vice Chairman of Thuan Nam District People's Committee Nguyen Thi Xuan Cuong with local officials and people. On the morning of December 3, in Dong Nai, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected and urged the progress of the Long Thanh airport project and Bien Hoa-Vung Tau expressway.
Raising awareness for people
According to the Ethnic Affairs Department of Phuoc Son district, in order to push back the TH&HNCHT, the locality has made efforts in many diverse forms, mainly raising awareness and understanding of the people. Because, when people's awareness is raised, they will be aware of the consequences of this problem, thereby changing their behavior and thinking, then only then can this problem be stopped.
Therefore, in recent times, in addition to organizing conferences, seminars, printing leaflets and brochures to distribute to people, the District Ethnic Affairs Department has also gone door-to-door, checking each person to propagate and mobilize. Identifying adolescents as the main target group related to early marriage, the Department has coordinated with schools, organizations and units in the area to organize law dissemination campaigns, competitions such as: Golden Bell, organizing specialized extracurricular activities... to equip students with legal knowledge on preventing early marriage.
Accordingly, in 2024 alone, the Department coordinated with communes and towns to organize 16 training conferences to propagate TH&HNCHT for people, village and commune cadres and prestigious people, village elders, village chiefs...; developed an inter-sectoral plan with related units, such as: Schools, Medical Centers, organized 13 golden bell competitions for students of minor age to propagate, educate, and raise awareness in preventing TH&HNCHT; distributed thousands of leaflets, propaganda handbooks...
Previously, in the period of 2021 - 2023, Phuoc Son district coordinated with departments, branches, and organizations of the district, communes, and towns in the area to promote the implementation of the Project to reduce the situation of TH&HNCHT in the district in the period of 2021 - 2025 and the Project to reduce the situation of TH&HNCHT in ethnic minority areas in Phuoc Son district. After 3 years of implementation, Phuoc Son has promoted the total strength of individuals and collectives to join hands to push back the problem, achieving positive results.
Mr. A Lang Ngoc - Deputy Head of the Ethnic Affairs Department of Phuoc Son district, said: Thanks to the good implementation of propaganda work, the rate of child marriage in the area has decreased sharply. In particular, for the Project on reducing child marriage, in addition to the profound direction of the authorities at all levels, the role of village elders, village chiefs, prestigious people, and collaborators has also been strongly promoted in propaganda, education, and mobilization of cases at risk of child marriage in the locality to understand the consequences of this problem and give it up.
The relevant departments and branches of the district also attach the responsibility as members of the Steering Committee of the Project to integrate with their units' professional activities to propagate the reduction of child marriage, such as: Law on Marriage and Family, Law on Gender Equality, Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence, population and family planning, adolescent reproductive health care...
“The involvement of the entire political system has partly awakened the sense of self-awareness and responsibility of each individual and each family to voluntarily comply and minimize the occurrence of TH&HNCHT in their families. At the same time, through propaganda work, it has helped ethnic minorities in particular and local people in general to have a fuller awareness of the consequences and implications of this problem for individuals, families and society; thereby, there has been a change in behavior that contributes to reducing TH&HNCHT in the locality,” Mr. Ngoc added.
The whole system is involved.
Currently, Phuoc Son Ethnic Affairs Department is conducting training conferences for the propaganda team including commune and village officials, village elders, prestigious people... to promote propaganda work in the coming time. At the same time, the Department also actively coordinates with localities in disseminating legal education, raising awareness for people, especially local youth. In addition, continue to coordinate with local schools to organize programs and competitions on legal knowledge, with priority given to the Law on Marriage and Family and gender equality.
Mr. Vo Duc An - Vice Principal of Phuoc Son Ethnic Minority High School, said: In the past time, the school has also actively coordinated with the District Ethnic Affairs Department and related agencies to promote propaganda and mobilize students to prevent and combat child marriage. In addition, the school has also established clubs to teach life skills and provide psychological counseling to students during extracurricular activities, in order to equip them with legal knowledge.
“In order to minimize the situation of students getting married early, the school regularly conducts propaganda and educational activities to help students clearly understand the consequences of this. Currently, the school maintains two clubs: “Female students towards the future” and “Psychological counseling and life skills”, which not only help students have a place to play outside of school hours, but also equip them with many life skills, and help them gain more knowledge on the way to the future,” Mr. An added.
Mr. Tran Dinh Sach - a prestigious person in Kham Duc town, said: With his role and responsibility, in the past time, he and the prestigious people and village officials have increased propaganda and mobilized people to prevent child marriage. "Thanks to timely knowledge being provided to people, especially young people, the situation of child marriage in the area has gradually ended. In the coming time, we will continue to promote and strengthen the integration of propaganda to prevent child marriage in village and hamlet meetings", Mr. Sach said.
Regarding the goals for the coming time, Mr. A Lang Ngoc - Deputy Head of the Ethnic Affairs Department of Phuoc Son district, said: Although the rate of child marriage has decreased sharply, it is still complicated. One of the reasons leading to this is the difficult socio-economic conditions in some communes and villages, especially in ethnic minority areas, which more or less affects their awareness and access to information...
Next is the development of information technology, social networks, the introduction of foreign cultures, trial living, lack of sexual experience; some students due to poor academic performance, being far from their families, and being interested in the opposite sex at a young age, easily lead to early love affairs, and in some cases, unwanted pregnancies have forced them to drop out of school, leading to early marriage. The coordination between the school and parents is sometimes not regular, parents still entrust the management and education of their children to the school, so sometimes they do not have time to encourage and remind...
With the goal of basically ending child marriage by the end of 2025, the locality has made constant efforts in propaganda and mobilization work for the people. In particular, special attention is paid to promoting the role of the Fatherland Front, Youth Union, Women's Union, village elders, village chiefs, and prestigious people in ethnic minority areas to participate in propaganda and mobilization work to eliminate backward customs and prevent and combat child marriage.
Along with that, the Department also recommends that localities need to strengthen leadership, direction, management and enhance the responsibility of the government and mass organizations in implementing legal regulations on marriage and family; continue to include the goals and tasks of reducing the situation of TH&HNCHT in the Resolutions of Party committees, annual programs and action plans of local governments and mass organizations; strengthen inspection, promptly detect, prevent and handle violations of the law on marriage and family.
“In the coming time, the Department of Ethnic Minorities will step up propaganda and mobilization work for people, especially parents with children of teenage age and students, to minimize the occurrence of early marriage. At the same time, innovate propaganda methods and materials to be more suitable for each target and each region to be more effective. The Department also coordinates with departments, branches, organizations, schools, especially the grassroots propaganda team to strengthen propaganda work and disseminate knowledge to people,” Mr. Ngoc added./.
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