Nghe An women promote their role and position in the new era

The historical tradition of Nghe An Women's Union is closely linked to the historical tradition of Vietnam Women's Union.90 years of journeyUnder the direct leadership of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, the Nghe An Provincial Women's Union has always affirmed its flexibility and creativity in methods and content of activities, making worthy contributions to the progress of the homeland and country.

In particular, in recent years, along with the growth of the organization, operational experience, and clearer awareness of the role and responsibility of the Association in the renovation period; Associations at all levels in the province have had many innovations and creativity in implementing patriotic emulation movements, campaigns and Association tasks associated with the political goals and tasks of each level, each sector, agency, unit, and locality.

Authorized by the President, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council awarded the Second Class Labor Medal (for the third time) to the Provincial Women's Union at the seminar celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Women's Union (October 20, 1930 - October 20, 2020). Photo: Mai Hoa

Accordingly, rural and urban women actively carry out the movements "Warm Tet - Loving Spring"; "Turning scrap into health insurance cards, savings books, and breeding animals"; "Women join hands to ensure food safety"; "Women build families with 5 no's, 3 clean's, join hands to build new rural areas and civilized urban areas"; build green, clean, beautiful, and blooming roads; Women help each other develop the economy,poverty reduction, rise up in life.... For female cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers who actively respond to the movement "Good at public work, good at home"; the movement to build a team of cadres and civil servants "Loyal, creative, dedicated, exemplary"...

Women in armed forces units are active in the movements "Women of the People's Public Security learn and follow Ho Chi Minh's morality and style, proactive, responsible, disciplined, creative for national security; build happy and sustainable families", "Solidarity, creativity, equality for border security and sovereignty"; "Good military kitchen, good management"; "Female soldiers do good logistics work"...

Women doing business and female entrepreneurs demonstrate their social and community responsibilities through many meaningful activities such as connecting, consuming agricultural products, humanitarian and charitable activities, and repaying gratitude...

The movement of Turning waste into breeding stock and health insurance cards at the Women's Union has created opportunities for many poor women's households to improve their lives; Women in Quynh Chau commune (Quynh Luu) cleared weeds to build a flower road; the Women's Union of Yen Thanh district mobilized contributions and working days to build a Warm House for poor women's households. Photo: MH

Results in 5 years (2015 - 2020), Women's Unions at all levels have carried out nearly 2,000 projects and tasks such as: flower roads, model roads, clean production economic models, waste collection... From the movement "Turning scrap into health insurance cards, savings books, and breeding animals" in 21 districts, cities and towns, 455 health insurance cards, 125 savings books and nearly 3,000 breeding animals of all kinds were given to poor women members. In 5 years, more than 5,000 women-headed households have escaped poverty.

Along with organizing practical and effective emulation movements that impact the overall development of the province,activities of the Association at all levelsincreasingly demonstrates flexibility and practicality in propaganda work to raise awareness in all aspects for women members, support women in starting businesses; participate in solving social issues for women and children; improve the effectiveness of social supervision and criticism, contributing to building a strong Party and government.

The Association at all levels has also made efforts to achieve the goal of gender equality in all fields of politics, socio-economics, national defense and security... Especially in the political field, the proportion of female cadres planned, trained and appointed to leadership and management positions is increasing. Currently, there are 7 female members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, of which 3 women participate in the Provincial Party Standing Committee; 151 female members of the District Party Executive Committee, of which 36 are Standing Committee members; 4 female Secretaries of District Party Committees and City Party Committees; 1,686 female members of the Commune Party Executive Committee, of which 305 are Standing Committee members; 39 female Secretaries of Commune Party Committees.

Chairwoman of the Provincial Women's Union Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa commended typical advanced individuals at the Conference of typical advanced individuals in the patriotic emulation movement of the Provincial Women's Union, period 2015 - 2020. Photo: Mai Hoa

In recognition of the contributions of the Nghe An Women's Union, over the past 5 years, the whole province has had 1,859 female collectives and individuals awarded with noble emulation awards and titles by the Party, the State, the Central Ministries and Branches, the Vietnam Women's Union, and the Provincial People's Committee. Particularly for the Nghe An Provincial Women's Union, in 2019, the President awarded the Second-class Labor Medal for the third time and the Emulation Flag of the Prime Minister.

To promote the role of Nghe An Women's Union as well asdedication, creativityof women in the province, in the coming time, the Women's Union at all levels will focus on implementing the following key contents:

The first,Thoroughly implement the motto "Where there are women, there are Association activities", continue to gather a large number of women from all walks of life into the Association; in which focus on building and expanding models of gathering and attracting ethnic minority women, religious women, women in enterprises, elderly women, and young women into the Association; research and direct the establishment of the Association of Women Intellectuals; promote the role of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs to contribute to the women's movement in the province.

Female cadres of the Interdisciplinary Union control the implementation of administrative procedures in sectors and units. Photo: Thanh Le

Monday,Promote and improve the effectiveness of patriotic emulation movements and campaigns with specific goals and tasks, practical content, suitable for each group of women to create conditions for women of all classes to self-train and progress. The focus is on the movement: "Women actively study, work creatively, build happy families" and the campaign "Building families with 5 no's, 3 clean's"; "Women practice the moral qualities of self-confidence, self-respect, loyalty, and responsibility" associated with the implementation of Directive 05 of the Politburo on promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style...

Tuesday,Focus on propaganda, education, improving knowledge in all aspects, training the courage and style for women in the period of industrialization and modernization; actively and effectively participate in local socio-economic development programs; fight against negative issues arising in society, especially women trafficking, child abuse, early marriage, domestic violence. Build Nghe An women "Healthy, knowledgeable, dynamic, creative, responsible to the community",

Wednesday,Step by step improve the quality of performing the role of representing and protecting the legitimate and legal rights and interests of women; promote activities of participating in policy development and monitoring to proactively detect shortcomings in the process of policy implementation, promptly report to competent authorities for consideration and resolution; propose solutions in each related field.

Take care to strengthen the Union organizations at all levels and improve the quality of grassroots Union activities on the basis of innovating the content and methods of activities towards placing women at the center, identifying priority issues, focusing on issues that have a major impact on women's lives. Continue to effectively implement activities to support Union organizations and women in difficult circumstances, mountainous areas, and ethnic minorities, especially the program "Accompanying women in border areas".

Thursday,Promote people-to-people diplomacy and international cooperation; focus on maintaining and promoting twinning activities and exchanges with Women's Unions of provinces and districts sharing the Vietnam-Laos border; continue to effectively implement ongoing international projects, while taking advantage of new projects to help cadres and members improve their knowledge and capacity, develop the economy, eliminate hunger and reduce poverty, etc.

Women in the savings and loan group of Lang Xieng village, Mon Son commune (Con Cuong) develop brocade weaving with loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies. Photo: Thu Huyen

Promoting the tradition of "Heroic, indomitable, loyal, and responsible" of Vietnamese women and the tradition of women in the heroic Soviet homeland, Nghe An women continue to practice the four qualities: "Confidence, self-respect, loyalty, and responsible", striving to rise up in the family and society. The Women's Union at all levels and women in the whole province demonstrate their determination to strive to successfully implement the targets and tasks set by the Women's Congresses at all levels, participate in implementing the resolutions of the Party Congresses at all levels, term 2020 - 2025 with specific contents and tasks, contributing with the Party Committee, government, and people of the province to build Nghe An to develop rapidly and sustainably./.