Nghe An Women's Union implements many solutions to support members

Good practice in Tam Thai

During a working trip to Tam Thai commune (Tuong Duong district), we learned that the Women's Union here has had many activities to support and help members and local women confidently rise up and actively participate in movements, activities of the Union and the community.

In Can village, Ms. Lim Thi Oanh, who came from another locality to be a daughter-in-law, was timid by nature, so she only did housework and did not participate in the movement or activities of the Women's Union. However, through the "guidance" of the "core" members of the Women's Union, she gradually integrated, and was trained in knowledge and supported to borrow capital three times from the women's savings fund to raise livestock, grow high-yield cassava, and grow corn for livestock. Currently, not only has she escaped poverty, Ms. Oanh is also an active member in the movement and activities of the Union in the village and commune, becoming the Vice President of the Women's Union of Can village and being admitted to the Party.

In the same Can village, Ms. Vang Thi Van also received support from the Women's Union in terms of economic knowledge and connections to bank loans. She boldly invested in opening a grocery store and gradually expanded her food business services. What is special is that Ms. Vang Thi Van has taken advantage of social networks to promote and sell online, shipping to villages in and outside the commune, and has now become a well-off household.

Supporting and helping members and women to confidently rise up is one of the key activities of the Tam Thai Commune Women's Union. Ms. Vi Thi Hiep - President of the Tam Thai Commune Women's Union said: "The more difficult the women are, the more the Union cares and supports them; because when women are in this situation, they are often self-conscious and closed-minded, and when their thoughts and thinking are "opened", they have a great will to rise up and take control of their lives, and at the same time actively participate in the movements and activities of the Union. On average, each year, the Women's Union supports 2 households headed by women to escape poverty."

With the locality having more than 95% of the population being ethnic minorities, the Tam Thai Commune Women's Union has also focused on propaganda, dissemination of laws, and raising awareness in all aspects for cadres, members, and women. Combining direct propaganda in the form of "oral" propaganda combined with dramatization with livestream on Zalo and Facebook groups of the Union and Union officials at all levels, creating a wide and effective spread of propaganda.

The Women's Union of Tam Thai commune also pays attention to building models, clubs, creating forums to attract women to participate, exchange, learn experiences, and improve knowledge in all aspects. Directing 9/9 Party cells to build models of "Rice Saving Jar", "ATM 1,000 VND", "Green House"... or organizing land borrowing, mobilizing the labor of cadres, members, and women to plant meters, cassava, and corn to raise funds for activities, overcoming the mentality of waiting and relying on cadres, members, and women and spreading it among the people. Or to create changes in awareness and behavior in building a clean, civilized lifestyle, and preserving the common environment, the Women's Union of the commune has directed the building of the "5 no, 3 clean" Association model associated with the adjacent group "Clean house, beautiful garden" in Can village to spread...; and is now continuing to deploy the construction of a model of waste classification and treatment at the source...

“The activities of the Women's Union have contributed to changing awareness and behavior not only among women but also among the people, especially overcoming the mindset of waiting and relying on others and creating awareness of building the village and homeland to develop more and more,” emphasized comrade Lang Van Hien - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Tam Thai commune.

Concerns about making the Association's activities practical

With the orientation and motto of "Where there are women, there are association activities", in 2024, the Association at all levels in Nghe An will continue to strive to innovate the content and methods of operation, contributing to raising awareness and supporting members and women to develop.

The emulation movement "Building Nghe An women of the new era: Having knowledge, morality, health and aspirations to rise up, being responsible for themselves, their families and the Fatherland" has been focused on by the Women's Union at all levels to be concretized into criteria for propaganda, associated with building specific models and actions to spread. The highlight of the movement in 2024, according to comrade Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, President of the Provincial Women's Union, all levels have issued a framework of criteria for implementing the movement; arranged specific resources; built and directed pilot models; implemented the "intellectual" criteria to attract a team of intellectuals, applied innovative experiences in labor, production and integrated the application of information technology into movement activities.

The activity "Supporting women in economic development, starting businesses, and starting successful businesses" continues to receive attention and direction from the Women's Union at all levels through supporting the development of OCOP products and product consumption; establishing cooperatives and cooperative groups; supporting 660 business ideas to access capital with a total of more than 15.8 billion VND; supporting knowledge, connecting jobs, and livelihood models for women in poor and near-poor households to become the masters of the family economy with about more than 1,100 households with women escaping poverty and near-poverty in the year.

The movement to build new rural areas and civilized urban areas has been selected by the Women's Union at all levels for content and tasks to participate in. The focus is on directing and supporting the construction of "Family of 5 no, 3 clean/5 yes, 3 clean"; implementing 580 projects and tasks to participate in building new rural areas and civilized urban areas, focusing on building green roads, flower roads, environmental sanitation, and beautifying new rural areas. In particular, the Union at all levels is the leading force in propaganda, mobilization, and building common awareness in the community about collecting, classifying, and treating at the source, limiting the use of plastic bags. Currently, the Union at all levels is maintaining more than 400 models of classifying waste at the source; more than 700 models of "turning waste into useful things".

To continue to operate practically and effectively, contributing to the general movement of the province and realizing the goals, targets, tasks, and breakthroughs of the Resolution of the 13th National Women's Congress and the Resolution of the Women's Congresses at all levels, term 2021-2026, President of the Provincial Women's Union Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa said: Women's Unions at all levels in the province continue to innovate the content and methods of operation; be proactive, creative, and flexible in implementing movements, campaigns, and breakthroughs, both attracting the voluntary participation of a large number of cadres, members, and women; and contributing to promoting the implementation of political tasks at each level, each sector, and locality.

Along with focusing on building a strong organization, it is necessary to pay attention to building a team of Association officials with moral qualities, courage, capacity, responsibility, professionalism and efficiency; maintain and develop effective models of gathering and attracting women, suitable for target groups; innovate and diversify the content and forms of propaganda, raise awareness in all aspects and change the behavior and actions of officials, members and women, contributing to "Building Nghe An women of the new era: Having knowledge, morality, health and aspirations to rise up, being responsible for themselves, their families and the Fatherland".