Nghe An organizes a media program in response to World Population Day
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of July 5, in Yen Thanh district, the Department of Health coordinated with the People's Committee of Yen Thanh district to organize a communication program in response to World Population Day (July 11) 2023.
Attending the program were comrade Nguyen Ba Tan - Head of the Provincial Department of Population and Family Planning; leaders of the Health Center and the Population Communication Department of districts, cities and towns; leaders of Yen Thanh district and population officers and civil servants of communes in the area.
Speaking at the program, Mr. Nguyen Ba Tan - Head of the Provincial Department of Population and Family Planning stated: This year's World Population Day (July 11) has the theme "Promoting the power of gender equality, raising the voices of women and girls to unleash the unlimited potential of our world". This is a theme that reflects the issues of the global community and is also an opportunity for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to continue its efforts to ensure rights and choices for everyone, especially women and girls.
Today, women and girls make up 49.7% of the global population, yet they remain overlooked when discussing demographic issues and their rights are violated in population policies.
In Nghe An, the implementation of gender equality and the promotion of the value of women and girls has achieved many important results. In the political field, the proportion of women participating in Party committees at all levels in all terms has increased. The increase in women's participation in management and leadership positions has gradually reduced the gender gap in the political field.
In the economic, labor and employment sectors, the policy of developing and expanding the province's industrial zones and sending workers to work abroad for a limited period, and developing and supporting small and medium enterprises in the province has been effective. Each year, jobs are created for 31-33 thousand workers, of which the proportion of women is 38.38%.
In the fields of health, education and training, the literacy rate of women aged 15-60 is equal to that of men in the whole province at 91.99%, of which the literacy rate of ethnic minorities is 91.86%. The rate of pregnant women accessing care and prevention services for HIV transmission from mother to child is 33.8%; the rate of pregnant women receiving 3 full check-ups/3 pregnancies is 85.9%.
In the family field, gender-based violence has been gradually eliminated. Men have shared with women and spent more time participating in family work; promptly detected, investigated, and solved 175 cases, arrested 218 subjects with human trafficking behavior; rescued 238 women and children...
On World Population Day 2023, we highlight the need to promote gender equality to enable the dreams of 8 billion people to be realised. This must start with listening to the voices of women, girls and the vulnerable, and developing laws and policies that empower them to exercise their rights and make informed decisions.
To continue successfully implementing targets and plans on population work, reproductive health care, and family planning requires many synchronous solutions and strong participation from many levels, many sectors, and the whole society.
On this occasion, leaders of the Department of Population - Family Planning and leaders of Yen Thanh district presented gifts to 10 exemplary families that have well implemented the Population policy.
Within the framework of the media program, a media and cultural program was held to celebrate the 36th anniversary of World Population Day (July 11, 1987 - July 11, 2023)./.
