Xiangyang women strongly oriented towards the grassroots

(Baonghean.vn) - To contribute to building cultural life in residential areas, enhancing the position of women in the family and society. The Women's Union of Tuong Duong district has done many practical things from the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" movement.

Five years ago, Luu Thong village, Luu Kien commune had a high rate of child marriage, from 60-70%. Some backward customs in weddings and funerals were still common in daily life, directly affecting people's health and women's progress.

Regular activities contribute to propagating and mobilizing people to implement the policies of the Party and State.

Faced with that situation, the Women's Union of the village has stepped in by strengthening propaganda work and raising awareness of the law for the people. Ms. Ha Y Cho - a member of the Women's Union of the village said: "For many years, thanks to the propaganda of the women of the village, many things have been clarified. Now in our village, there are only happy weddings, no more wife stealing like before. Now, "wife stealing" also has to be of age, 2 people love each other, the family only does the procedures of our Mong people. Weddings and funerals are no longer as expensive as before."

In Tam Thai commune, located along National Highway 7, it seems that mass mobilization work is relatively easy compared to other associations, but it is a big challenge for the commune's Women's Union, because of over 500 members, operating in 7 branches, 3 of which are far from the commune center, the situation of women going to work far away is relatively common. Tam Thai was chosen by the district to build a new rural area, the criteria are being urgently completed, to strive to reach the finish line by the end of this year while mobilizing land donation, tree donation, and implementing environmental criteria is very difficult. Faced with this situation, the union has assigned dedicated staff, knowledgeable about local customs and practices, and a firm grasp of legal knowledge to each family, to mobilize people to implement a new lifestyle.

Ms. Le Thi Diu - President of the Women's Union of Tam Thai commune shared: "Promoting the role of the Women's Union in the "smart mass mobilization" movement over the past time, we have not only integrated it into meetings but also directly communicated to members so that they understand and participate in building models such as "No third child club", "5 million mothers raising good children", "raising pigs, clean vegetable gardens and participating in implementing criteria in participating in the new rural area".

Commodity-oriented livestock farming model of Tuong Duong women.

With the motto of "focusing on the grassroots", union officials at all levels enthusiastically guide women on how to develop the economy, create conditions for borrowing capital, motivate and encourage women to be more proactive in labor production as well as other fields. Up to now, the union has entrusted loans from the Bank for Social Policies over 157 billion VND to over 8,600 households, from which many members have developed the economy with various models for income from 50-100 million VND/year... In the mountainous district of Tuong Duong, not only the Women's Union of Luu Thong village, Luu Kien commune or the Women's Union of Tam Thai commune have many good models and methods from the skillful mass mobilization movement of women, which have spread widely throughout 18 communes and towns in the whole district. With more than 13,000 members, of which over 10,000 are ethnic minorities, based on the characteristics and actual situation of each locality, the District Women's Union has had reasonable directions and implementation to mobilize the active participation of women of all classes in the area.

Developing embroidery and brocade weaving is also a part of the mass mobilization work of Tuong Duong Women.

In addition, the Tuong Duong Women's Union has also carried out the mutual assistance movement well with the model of "Raising piggy banks" and "Rice savings jars". Within 5 years, it has supported the construction of 10 houses of gratitude and dozens of tons of rice to help many members with especially difficult circumstances to improve their lives. The "Skillful mass mobilization" movement of the Tuong Duong District Women's Union has become increasingly profound, actively contributing to the successful implementation of the Resolution of the 26th District Party Congress.

May Huyen - Khanh Hien

(Xiangyang Radio)