Reporter: Dear comrade, when looking at and thinking about women, many people often think that they are “weak and soft”, taking care of “cooking” and “keeping the fire” of family happiness. What are your thoughts on this issue?
Comrade Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa:It is undeniable that women are characterized by “weak legs and soft hands” and their main inclination is family, taking care of the kitchen, taking care of husband and children. However, women are always shining with intelligence, diligence, creativity, and do not give up in any situation to overcome. The history of the nation has recorded the names of female heroes: Ba Trung, Ba Trieu; female communist soldier Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, female armed forces hero Vo Thi Sau; female general Nguyen Thi Dinh; diplomat Nguyen Thi Binh…
During the period of resistance against the US to save the country, the image of Vietnamese women in the rear, "one hand plowing, one hand gunning" with the "Three Responsibilities" movement. Among them, many women were militiamen and guerrillas who directly participated in fighting with guns on the battlefields; many women spent their youth participating in the youth volunteer force, frontline militia, female military medics, female artists... They deserved the eight golden words that President Ho Chi Minh awarded: "Heroic, indomitable, loyal, and responsible".
It can be said that in each period and historical stage, Vietnamese women have made worthy contributions to the country and homeland. In the trend of integration and development, women continue to overcome prejudices and challenges, rise up to make positive contributions to social activities, and maintain their influence in many fields. More and more people are becoming leaders and managers in agencies of the political system at all levels; scientists, economists, businessmen, doctors, artists, journalists, workers, farmers, good producers, businessmen, etc. Many women shoulder the responsibility of being the "pillar" of the family, taking care of the economy, taking care of their husbands, and raising their children to adulthood.
Reporter: Dear Comrade! In recent times, under the role of gathering, uniting and leading the Women's Union at all levels in the province, Nghe An women have had many activities and made positive contributions to the overall development of the province. Could you share some outstanding activities and contributions?
Comrade Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa:The outstanding activities and contributions of the association and its members, women, are joining hands to build new rural areas and civilized urban areas through promoting and improving the quality of the Campaign "Building a family of 5 no's, 3 clean's" with many specific projects and tasks; such as building models of "Bright - Green - Clean - Beautiful roads", self-managed women's roads; "Turning waste into useful things"; models of "Clean houses, beautiful adjacent gardens", "Model clean houses, beautiful adjacent gardens"... Implementing the movement "Women cultivate the future - for the benefit of 10 years of planting trees, for the benefit of a hundred years of cultivating people" launched by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union, the Provincial Women's Union has launched the movement "Each union base has 1 flower street, green tree border; each branch has 1 flower bed; each member's family has 1 green space" and "Each woman plants 1 tree - Sowing seeds of happiness"...
The Women's Union at all levels also focuses on providing opportunities for members and women to improve their capacity and economic power through training support, technology transfer; supporting loans through entrustment, bank credit and mobilizing other resources; building cooperatives led by women members; livelihood models for poor women and those in difficult circumstances to develop the economy. In particular, implementing Project 939 "Supporting women to start businesses in the period of 2017 - 2025", Women's Unions at all levels actively mobilize and support members and women with ideas to participate in Women's Startup competitions organized by Women's Unions at all levels and the Provincial People's Committee.
Directing the Association at all levels to strengthen propaganda, consultation, career orientation and coordinate with sectors, localities and units to organize vocational training for female workers, especially disadvantaged workers, contributing to improving income, stabilizing life and financial independence for women. Promoting activities to support training, consultation, connection, access to information and markets for female-owned businesses, contributing to creating material wealth for society, solving employment, promoting Nghe An's product brands.
The organization and its members, women, have always demonstrated their social responsibility through the programs "Millions of gifts to share love", "Tet for the poor", "Accompanying women in the border areas", "Shelter of love"... In particular, the program "Godmother" launched by the Central Presidium of the Vietnam Women's Union has been and is being implemented by all levels of the Union, creating connections and spreading widely. By October 16, 2022, the whole province had connected to sponsor 1,050 orphans with special difficulties with a total amount of more than 9,628 billion.
Reporter: To continue promoting the role and position of women in social life, can you share what the orientations of the Women's Union are in the coming time?
Comrade Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa:To continue affirming the role, ability, creativity and contribution of women in all areas of social life, meeting the current trend of integration and development, requires each woman to make efforts in many aspects: having knowledge; having health; having morality and aspirations to rise up; having responsibility for herself, her family and her country; having independent living skills, knowing how to face pressure and overcome all difficulties and challenges.
The Women's Union at all levels needs to continue to promote the dissemination of the Party's policies and the State's laws and policies, creating consensus and unity in awareness and action for members and women; organizing many forums to raise awareness, capacity and qualifications in all aspects for women members. Actively support women in economic development, starting businesses; building prosperous, happy, progressive and civilized families. Organize activities to participate in environmental protection, food hygiene and safety; join hands in building new rural areas and civilized urban areas; care for and protect the legitimate and legal rights and interests of women of all classes; advise and deploy solutions to solve social problems arising related to women and children such as domestic violence; early marriage and incestuous marriage; human trafficking;... Continue to implement the "Godmother" program; participate in Party building, State management; mobilize society to achieve gender equality.
Continue to innovate the content and methods of operation, be dynamic, creative, proactive and flexible with the motto "Where there are women, there are Association activities"; promote the application of information technology, promote digital transformation in Association activities, create efficiency and practicality in Association activities at all levels. The staff of the Association at all levels thoroughly implement "3 together": Listening to women, speaking for women to understand, doing for women to follow. Focus on building and spreading the core values of the Association "Solidarity, humanity, creativity, aspiration, development".
Reporter: Thank you very much, comrade!
