Students participate in preventing and combating gender-based violence in cyberspace

For the first time, about 400 students from FPT University Hanoi had the opportunity to participate in discussions and share on how to prevent and respond to gender-based violence against women and girls in cyberspace.

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On the afternoon of October 18, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Vietnam coordinated with FPT University Hanoi to organize a discussion with students to raise students' awareness of the risk of violence in the context of increasingly developing digital technology.

Attending the seminar were Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha, Deputy Minister of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Permanent Vice President of the Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam, Mr. Matt Jackson, Chief Representative of UNFPA in Vietnam and Leaders of FPT University Hanoi.

The trend of digitalization in the world opens up a great opportunity for sustainable development. Technology helps promote economic growth; expand access to education, information and knowledge; promote participation in all areas of social life. However, in addition to the benefits that people have access to, there are also many dangers that the digital world causes, especially women and girls who are the most affected, especially discrimination and violence.

Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha speaks at the seminar

In her opening speech, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha said that the strong development of technology and digital has brought many opportunities and great achievements for development, but also posed new challenges and risks for most fields.

400 students from FPT University Hanoi had the opportunity to participate in discussions and share about how to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.

“The issue of preventing and responding to gender-based violence in general, protecting children and preventing and responding to violence in cyberspace is one of the contents that the Government and related ministries and branches are interested in and committed to implementing. The system of policies and laws on protecting children and women in the cyber environment is increasingly supplemented and improved with many specific regulations and solutions. Information, propaganda, raising awareness and skills on preventing violence in cyberspace is always of interest and promoted. In addition, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Ministry of Public Security have closely coordinated to solve issues related to children in the cyber environment, promptly and resolutely handling violations, especially bad and toxic information on social networks,” said Deputy Minister Ha.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha affirmed: This seminar aims to provide information, skills, and raise awareness for students of the University to have a comprehensive and multi-dimensional view of forms of violence in cyberspace so that they have the skills to protect, detect and prevent when using the Internet; at the same time, it also encourages training institutions to integrate and include content on preventing and responding to violence and harmful practices in the online environment into the curriculum.

“The information shared at the Seminar, as well as new ideas and initiatives in designing and developing gender-responsive and user-safe technologies, will be important bases to help the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and state management agencies continue to improve the legal framework and policies on preventing and responding to gender-based violence in general, in cyberspace and using technology in particular,” the Deputy Minister emphasized.

UNFPA Representative in Viet Nam, Mr. Matt Jackson, affirmed in his opening speech that although the digitalization of the world brings significant development opportunities, it is also a space where many dangers can occur. Technology and cyberspace are increasingly being misused and harmed women and girls on the basis of their gender.

Students pledge to end gender-based violence

“Addressing gender-based violence using technology, which is an area of growing public concern, is no longer negotiable. Ensuring that people can freely engage online without fear of violence and abuse is critical to ensuring that women can effectively exercise their right to freedom of expression. So let’s work together to end gender-based violence against women and girls online. All spaces, whether virtual or physical, must be free of gender-based violence!”

At the Panel Discussion, students listened to and discussed with experts about risks, ways to recognize, identify, skills and experiences to prevent, respond to gender-based violence in cyberspace and policies and solutions of the State to minimize and end gender-based violence.

At the event, UNFPA representatives in Vietnam called on all students to join UNFPA's Bodyright campaign to raise their voices and urge digital companies, social platforms, content sharing sites and policymakers to take online violence and abuse in general as seriously as copyright infringement.

NGUYEN SIU - Photo (UNFPA)

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