[Vnbiz] Women's Day: Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women

[Tran Le Thuy]

Dear anh Hoanh and All,

I would also like ADB, other donors and the government to look more at 
harrassment and discrimination against women at workplace and school. 

You can read some reports from the local newspapers recently about 
teachers who used their authority to harrass students. I don't think 
we have effective mechanism to combat this kind of crime. As far as I 
know, the cases are only addressed when it get published or reported 
to the police. Many women quietly sacrifice their jobs or chances for 
higher education in order to protect their dignity and mental health. 
We don't have internal grievance procedures and  organisations to 
protect and empower women. Something similar to the Office of Civil 
Rights in Department of Education in the U.S in our Ministry of 
Education ? or NGOs to advocate and pressure for fair treatment in 
specific cases ?  

Just some thoughts. 
Cheers
Thuy




-----Original Message-----
From: "Tran Dinh Hoanh" <tdhoanh at gmail.com>
To: vnbiz at vietlinks.net
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 13:33:25 -0500
Subject: [Vnbiz] Women's Day: Ending Impunity for Violence Against 
Women

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