U Hla Thein, Chairman of the Union Election Commission, visits booth at the ceremony to launch the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Photo: MNA
A campaign titled “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” was launched with a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
The ceremony was attended by U Hla Thein, Chairman of the Union Election Commission, U Win Mra, Chairman of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, U Soe Aung, Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and Vice Chairman of the All Myanmar Women Committee, MPs, diplomats and CSOs.
Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Minister U Soe Aung stressed the need to
raise effective awareness of violence against women in Myanmar.
He quoted the Demographic Health Survey-DHS saying that one in seven women including children was a victim of violence and 282 in 100,000 women had been killed due to violence against them in Myanmar.
The Union Government has been working together with partner organizations to give protection and rehabilitation to the women population which makes up over half of the country’s total population.
The All Myanmar Women Committee was re-established with ministries concerned and seven civil society organizations as part of efforts for fighting the violence against women.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement has opened the One Stop Women Support Center-OSWSC in Yangon, Mandalay, Mawlamyine and Lashio to provide shelter and services to victims of violence.
At the ceremony, participants discussed the response to violence against women and cooperation in fighting it and budget allocation for fighting gender-based violence.
Myanmar will conduct the global “16 Days of Activism” campaign with the slogan #HearMeToo from 25 November to 10 December.
—MNA
(Translated by
Myat Thandar Aung)
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