UNFPA launches new program to address gender selection in Vietnam
(VOVWORLD) - A new programme on gender issues has been launched by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for three years from 2020 to 2022, in partnership with the Government of Norway.
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The programme “Addressing gender biased sex selection and related harmful practices in Việt Nam” aims at supporting the ongoing Government’s efforts to fully implement approved legal and policy frameworks to end Gender Biased Sex Selection and includes campaigns through innovative approaches to change social norms and practices which reinforce son preference and the low value of girls, strengthening of the capacities of the media, implementation of the fatherhood programme, and streamlining of the country’s coordination mechanisms.