Domestic violence minimized through specific plans
VGP – The National Action Program on Preventing Domestic Violence in the period 2010-2020, drafted by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, proposes six major nationwide plans in order to minimize intimate partner violence (IPV).
September 26, 2009 10:55 AM GMT+7
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Domestic violence can lead to heavy costs for caring and rehabilitating victims – Illustration photo
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Accordingly, from 2010 to 2015, it is necessary to complete the legal framework for anti-IPV; improve people’s awareness of IPV and anti-IPV; build up the database on anti-IPV; realize anti-IPV models and pilot the grassroots consultancy and assistance network for IPV victims.
In the period of 2015-2020, specific moves will be taken in order to popularize anti-IPV model and expand the grassroots consultancy and assistance network for IPV victims.
The target is that, by 2020, 80% of central and local mass media have their own column on anti-IPV and domestic balance. At the time, 60% of youths and adolescents are provided with knowledge of marriage, family and IPV.
In the short term, a nationwide IPV warning network will be built by 2010 and operated at local level.
The Program also consists of a plan on training anti-IPV workers.
The program is a move to enforce the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention as well as engage ministries, agencies, social organizations, non-governmental organizations and all walks of life in the work.
