Nghe An women exceed many targets in building 'prosperous, happy, progressive, civilized' families

Surpass yourself

My Giang is a purely agricultural hamlet of Hung My (Hung Nguyen). However, in recent years, this small hamlet has undergone many positive changes. Women here not only fulfill their roles in the family but also actively participate in local movements and campaigns.

A typical example is Ms. Ngo Thi Minh (born in 1970), one of the outstanding members with a happy family and many progressive ideas. She not only strived to enrich herself but also supported many women in the association to escape poverty, when she boldly stood up to establish a Cooking Service Association.

Sharing about herself, Ms. Minh said that both her husband and she came from agricultural production. After getting married, they both worked in the fields to increase production and also took on many freelance jobs during the off-season. Seeing her quick wit and delicious cooking, many families in the commune hired her to cook and serve at weddings, funerals and housewarming parties.

After maintaining this job for a long time, in 2017, realizing the increasing demand of customers, she boldly established a Cooking Service Association with 7 members.

Thanks to the hard work of learning and improving skills, the association is increasingly favored by the market. Thanks to that, after more than 6 years of operation, the association now has more than 20 members, with a wide distribution of customers in the districts of Hung Nguyen, Nghi Loc, Yen Thanh and Vinh city...

On average, each member's income is from 7 to 10 million VND per month. They are also the main consumer of agricultural products for many households in the village and commune whenever there is an order.

With a stable income, women here have the opportunity to contribute and participate in local movements and campaigns. From building rural roads, cultural houses to other infrastructures to make My Giang hamlet look neat and tidy.

In terms of building cultural families, My Giang hamlet is also a bright spot of the locality when many families have achieved the title of typical cultural family, leading in the emulation movement: "Building Vietnamese women, new era" and the campaign to build "5 no, 3 clean" families.

Besides Hung My commune, at other association bases such as Hung Nghia, Hung Tan, Hung Dao, Hung Yen Bac, Long Xa... women also pioneered in building association funds to build internal traffic, level land to make concrete roads, with a total amount of more than 62 million VND. In addition, models such as: "Savings tubes", "Helping women's association members' households with difficulties"... have also mobilized more than 600 million VND.

For mountainous districts,the role of womenis also increasingly promoted. Despite being in remote areas, with the quickness in keeping up with the digital transformation, women in the districts of Ky Son, Que Phong, Quy Chau, Anh Son... have taken advantage of social networks to promote and consume many local specialties. In cultivation and animal husbandry, more and more models of farms, ranches, groups, cooperatives, and cooperatives led by women are appearing, creating jobs for thousands of local women.

In 2023 alone, Nghe An had more than 50 outstanding female member families at the provincial level and hundreds of outstanding families at the district level honored and commended. The whole province has more than 8,000 member families meeting the 8 criteria of "5 no, 3 clean - 5 yes, 3 clean".

In addition to ensuring the criteria of “happiness”, women have also ensured the goals of “prosperity” and “progress”. Women have overcome the shadow of prejudices to assert themselves in the marketplace.

Currently, Nghe An has 355 women business owners, 814 women household business owners and 70 women cooperative managers. These are telling numbers to show the efforts of Nghe An women to overcome themselves in the new situation.

Practical support from all levels of the association

In addition to internal factors, Nghe An women are also supported by the Women's Union at all levels in the province to carry out many practical and meaningful activities to support and promote the implementation of the policy of comprehensive family building.

Typically, in Vinh city, the association has successfully organized activities to support the cultivation of good family values, build a safe environment and enhance women's economic empowerment through competitions such as "10-point family"; "Wonderful parents"; "Happiness from a sweet cake"; "Nutritious meals for the family"...

At the same time, many social organizations in the city have established and effectively maintained the Club "3-generation family living together in harmony and happiness"; Club for preventing and combating domestic violence; Club for supporting women and children with disabilities; Club "Happy family", "Young family", "Grandmother - Grandmother"...

These activities contribute to raising awareness among all levels, sectors, unions, social organizations and within each family about building and promoting traditional cultural values ​​of Vietnamese families in modern life.

Or in the districts of Quy Hop, Tuong Duong, Nghia Dan, Yen Thanh... the association's bases also focus on organizing happy family competitions and learning about domestic violence prevention and control, with the participation of hundreds of units in the districts. At the same time, honoring and praising typical cultural families in the locality.

To contribute to fostering family values ​​in modern life, the whole province has more than 560 Happy Family Clubs, attracting more than 12,000 members to participate effectively.

Activities of counseling, supporting marriage and family, building safety models for women and children have been focused on implementation in units, contributing to protecting women and children from violence, promptly encouraging them mentally, guiding women in knowledge and skills to prevent and combat domestic violence... helping to reduce domestic violence, stabilize security and social order.

Based on the results achieved, in the coming time, women's unions at all levels set the goal of continuing to effectively support and accompany members in implementing Project 938 "Propaganda, mobilizing, and supporting women to participate in solving a number of social issues related to women" and Supporting women's economic empowerment.

Family building needs to be linked with the implementation of emulation movements, campaigns, and key projects of the association and the province. Widely and synchronously deploy and create qualitative changes in implementing the criteria of the campaign "Building a family of 5 no's, 3 clean - 5 yes's, 3 clean" in conjunction with the implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Construction.

More importantly, it is necessary to enhance women's economic power, mobilize women to promote their internal strength, support and help each other to sustainably reduce poverty. Actively develop household economy, digital economy and proactively participate in economic development tasks. Continue to pay attention to supporting women to start businesses so that women can gradually maximize their role and position in building a comprehensive family./.

Thanh Quynh