Diverse forms of propaganda

Bac Giang is a mountainous province with 09 districts and 01 city. The ethnic minority community in the area accounts for 14.26% of the province's population with more than 257 thousand people concentrated in 73 communes in 5 districts of Son Dong, Luc Ngan, Luc Nam, Yen The and Lang Giang.

In recent times, Party committees and authorities of Bac Giang province have always paid attention to gender equality work, for the advancement of ethnic minority women, considering this an important and consistent content in implementing activities. active in all areas of political, economic, cultural and social life.

The People's Committee of Bac Giang province, departments, branches, and the Provincial Ethnic Committee have issued programs and plans such as: Plan to implement the Project to support gender equality activities in ethnic minority areas in the period 2018 - 2025; Implementation plan of the Project "Implementing gender equality and solving urgent problems for women and children" under the National Target Program for socio-economic development of ethnic minority and ethnic minority areas mountainous areas in the period 2021 - 2030, phase 1 from 2021 - 2025; Plan to propagate knowledge and laws on gender equality in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

In the Plan to implement the National Strategy on gender equality in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2022 - 2030, Bac Giang province aims to strive for 50% by 2025 and 60% by 2030. Ethnic affairs agencies from province to district have key female leaders. Increase the proportion of ethnic minority female workers working for wages to 40% by 2025 and about 50% by 2030. Reduce the proportion of ethnic minority female workers working in the agricultural, forestry and fishery sector to 50% by 2025 and less than 30% by 2030. Increase access to health services using health insurance cards for ethnic minority women in medical examination and treatment to 98% by 2025 and 100% 2030…

The province also focuses on strengthening the apparatus and improving the capacity of staff to carry out gender equality work. Units and localities in the province promote activities to disseminate and propagate the Party and State's guidelines and policies on gender equality and new legal documents related to women and girls; preventing and combating domestic violence; Prevent and combat violence and sexual abuse against women and children. Propagate the work of female cadres, gender equality content in the political field... to people in ethnic minority areas in a variety of forms, suitable to the practical situation.

Over the past year, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has produced many news, articles, and propaganda reports for central and local newspapers and radio agencies, broadcast on the loudspeaker network of 209/209. communes, wards, towns... Besides, integrating propaganda about gender equality and the advancement of women in industry and local conferences and trainings for thousands of delegates at all levels, industries.

The Provincial Ethnic Committee organized 47 conferences to propagate and integrate knowledge and laws, improve capacity on gender equality, and reduce child marriage and consanguineous marriage in ethnic minority areas. and mountainous areas for 2,815 delegates who are officials working on ethnic minority affairs, a team of reporters, law propagandists at district, commune, hamlet, and village levels, reputable people in ethnic minority areas, and local people. Minorities residing in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

The Women's Union at all levels in the province organized 1,526 propaganda activities, educating on politics, ideology, and moral qualities of women, integrated with propaganda to improve knowledge and skills to ensure safety for women and children. em... through many forms such as seminars, contests, newsletters, the Association's website and quarterly branch activities.

Strengthen vocational training and create jobs

Education and training work receives attention from Bac Giang province and has seen positive changes. Many ethnic minority students achieve excellent results in study and practice. The number of ethnic minority female students going to high school, intermediate school, college, and university increased more. Party committees and authorities at all levels also always pay attention to training and planning of cadres, including female cadres from ethnic minority areas...

The number of female officials and ethnic minority officials who are National Assembly deputies and participate in People's Councils at all levels has increased compared to previous years. Many female officials and ethnic minority officials have been elected and appointed to hold key leadership positions in departments, branches, localities, and mass organizations of the province.

Activities to reduce gender gaps in the fields of economics, labor and employment; Increase access for poor women in rural areas and ethnic minority womenEconomic resources and the labor market are deployed through many socio-economic development policies, contributing to changing the face of ethnic minority areas. Specifically: National target program for sustainable poverty reduction, National target program for building new rural areas, Program 135, Program 30a, Project to support women in vocational training and create jobs focusing on rural areas, Project 939 Supporting women's startups in the period 2017 - 2025...

With their efforts, in Bac Giang province, many advanced examples of ethnic minority women have appeared, representing the spirit of hard work, creativity, self-reliance, self-reliance, and determination. determined to get rich, boldly applying scientific and technological advances to farming and animal husbandry.

A typical example is Ms. Nong Thi Hue, Nung ethnic group, Director of Thien Phu Agricultural Production, Business and Services Cooperative with the joint production model of "Diep Nhat black galangal tea" and the yeast rice wine production model. The traditional leaf "Diep Nhat Wine" has been recognized as a 3-star OCOP product by the Provincial People's Committee.

In addition, agencies and departments also regularly organize training courses, vocational training, and transfer of science and technology for women. Create conditions to support women, especially women in poor rural areas and ethnic minority areas, to access State programs to conveniently borrow capital to meet production, business and economic development needs. .

The case of Ms. Than Thi Huong in Yen The district is an example. There are favorable natural, ecological and soil conditions for developing a diverse agricultural sector with many economic models of hill gardens and forest gardens associated with livestock development, especially chicken farming, after being transferred. science and technology and participating in short-term training classes on animal husbandry, she boldly expanded production, raising chickens with a quantity of over 1,000 chickens. Currently, Mrs. Huong's chicken herd is growing healthily, bringing a stable source of income, and the economy is getting better and better. She also helps and advises many local women on how to raise livestock...

The Provincial Ethnic Committee has coordinated with vocational education establishments in the area to organize vocational training for ethnic minority workers. Organized 15 conferences to propagate, advocate, provide career counseling, and introduce jobs to 668 workers in villages and communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Luc Ngan, Luc Nam, and Lang Giang districts.

The Women's Union at all levels in the province organized 196 training classes to foster knowledge about starting a business, starting a cooperative, and coordinated to organize the course "Confident Women Doing Business" for 1,000 sub-members. Women have business ideas (including 675 ethnic minority women)... Thanks to that, the rate of poor households in ethnic minority communes is decreasing sharply.

By the end of 2022, the rate of poor households in 73 communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Bac Giang province will decrease by an average of 2.35% compared to 2021. The rate of poor households in 28 extremely difficult communes will decrease on average. 5.1% (including communes with poverty reduction of more than 10%).

With the attention of all levels and sectors and the participation of the entire political system in the synchronous implementation of many programs, policies, and projects for socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas, there has been contributing to promoting gender equality, thereby enhancing the role and position of ethnic minority women in Bac Giang province in all aspects of social life.

Quynh Nga