Many meaningful messages in response to International Day of the Girl Child in Nghe An

Morning of October 10,Department of Population and Family PlanningThe province coordinated with the Steering Committee for Population and Development and Tan Ky District Medical Center to organize a communication program to celebrate International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, 2024.

Also attending were Mr. Hoang Dinh Tung - Head of the Provincial Department of Population and Family Planning; Mr. Hoang Dinh Son - Vice Chairman of Tan Ky District People's Committee, representatives of a number of relevant departments and branches and a large number of teachers and students of Nghia Hanh Secondary School (Tan Ky District).

In 2024, the theme of International Day of the Girl Child is “Vision for Girls’ Future”. They have the right to a safe, healthy and educated life, not only during their crucial early years but also as they grow into women.

The theme of the International Day of the Girl Child also conveys the message: Let us respect the basic rights of girls; Let them enjoy a safe, healthy and well-educated life not only in their formative years, but also when they become women, in order to build and replicate the family model of "Prosperity, equality, progress, happiness and sustainable development".

In Vietnam, in recent years, the role and position of girls have been increasingly affirmed. Girls receive the same attention and care as boys... Nowadays, there are many examples of girls overcoming difficulties to excel in their studies.

Speaking at the media program, Mr. Hoang Dinh Tung - Head of the Department of Population and Family Planning reviewed the typical faces of girls in the province. Among them, many won prizes in national competitions for excellent students and achieved high scores in university entrance exams. This shows that more and more girls are rising up and asserting their roles and positions equal to or even surpassing boys in both studying, training and social activities.

Besides the achievements, ensuring gender equality between men and women still has many shortcomings and challenges, including the current population and development field. These are the situation of male preference and female discrimination, and the situation of gender imbalance at birth.

From this reality, at the communication program, the leader of the Department of Population - Family Planning hopes that departments, branches and local authorities need to strengthen propaganda and education with many suitable contents and forms so that society can support and gradually eliminate the distinction between boys and girls in the concept of many people; focus on gender prejudice, the psychology of preferring boys over girls, and further promote the participation of men for gender equality.

It is necessary to continue to strengthen propaganda and education about the current situation, causes and consequences of gender imbalance at birth. Promote the role and enhance the status of women and girls, mobilize people to change their thinking, awareness and actions on the issue of gender imbalance at birth by strengthening propaganda and dissemination of documents, guidelines, policies and laws of the Party and State such as: Law on Gender Equality; Law on Prevention and Control of Domestic Violence; Law on Marriage and Family, etc.

In the communication program in response to the International Day of the Girl, teams from Nghia Hanh Secondary School (Tan Ky District) had many competitions to demonstrate their talents, abilities, and understanding of social issues. In particular, through the presentation contest on the topics "Being a girl is great", "Reaching for dreams"..., the children were able to express their thoughts and dreams around gender equality issues. From there, they hope to receive attention and investment in realizing the potential of adolescent girls.

On this occasion, the Provincial Association for Promotion of Education also awarded 10 gifts to 10 female students with difficult circumstances, who are good at studying and know how to overcome difficulties./.