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Stand Up – Speak Out project: Activities lined up to raise awareness and change behaviour about violenceMarch 13, 2019This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)On 12 March 2019, members of the Stand Up, Speak Out (SUSO) project met in Hanoi to review the progress in the first year and plan for the second year. In 2018, the project formed a group of 48 change agents and finalized the Read More
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Challenges remain in increasing access to information among ethnic minoritiesMarch 1, 2019This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)Villagers are still hesitant in sharing their opinions and information needs, according to the latest meeting in late February 2019 of CARE and partners’ staff in Hanoi on promoting access to information in ethnic minority communities. TheRead More
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BRAVE – Because you are trustedJanuary 16, 2019This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)On 15 January 2019, the three organisations CARE, CSAGA and iSEE launched the project Building Responsibility and Accountability for Gender-based Violence Elimination (BRAVE) via an event called “Because you are trusted”. With funding frRead More
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Online survey for female workers in garment factoriesOctober 17, 2018This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)From 15 October to 30 November 2018, anyone who is a female worker in garment factories can participate in the survey at www.khaosatcongnhan.tk. Each week, the organizer will select 10 early and full respondents to give gifts. Information Read More
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A step towards the restoration of Central Highland forestsOctober 3, 2018This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)Y Thu is an Sedang woman. At only 29 years old, she has been the head of Tu Mo Rong village for several years. As a child of the Central Highland, Y Thu is always concerned about how her community can both protect and earn a living …Read More
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End of project “Assistance for Damrey typhoon and flood affected communities in the central region of Vietnam”October 1, 2018This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)After 9 months of implementation, Project “Assistance for Damrey typhoon and flood affected communities in the central region of Vietnam” was officially closed on 29 September 2018 in Thua Thien Hue province. Participants of the closing Read More241
Turning the right to know into a realitySeptember 28, 2018This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)A CARE survey in a mountainous province in northern Vietnam about domestic violence this year showed that a lot of people did not know that violence against others is illegal and that slapping on others’ face is a form of violence. ImportaRead More215
How paying attention to gender differences in emergencies prevent deeper gender inequalitiesSeptember 25, 2018This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)Reflection on CARE’s response to typhoon Damrey in central Vietnam It has been increasingly known that disasters affect women and men, girls and boys, the old and the young in different ways. Those who are more vulnerable apparently tend tRead More
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Keeping silent – the most common reaction to violenceSeptember 10, 2018This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)“Many women only dare to say they have a motorbike accident after being beaten by their husbands,” said Ms. Lo Thi Chanh, Chairwoman of Muong Phang communal Women’s Union in Dien Bien district at the inception workshop of project StandRead More
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Information for adaptation in Vietnam project officially launchedAugust 30, 2018This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)Dien Bien, 28 August 2018 – The inception workshop of Information for adaptation in Vietnam (InfoAct) project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is held today in Dien Bien and Lai Chau pRead More215
Gender and Climate Change integration into poverty reduction policy planningAugust 14, 2018This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)During 8 and 10 August 2018, 36 representatives from Ha Giang Department on Ethnic Minority Affairs; Departments of Investment and Planning, Agriculture and Rural Development, Culture-Sports-Tourism; and relevant officials and staff of Vi XuRead More348
Opportunity for Vietnamese journalists to enhance knowledge on genderJuly 13, 2018This post is also available in: Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)Journalists interested in the round table discussion about gender in development in Hanoi on 23rd July 2018 should contact the Institute for Research on Development Communication at dangyen@red.org.vn no later than 17h00 20th July 2018. WithRead More
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Typhoon damage relief: From Australia to Central VietnamMay 21, 2018Le Xuan Tung (CARE) On the Traditional Day on Natural Disaster Prevention 22 May, learn more about the story of Mr. Vui in Hue. Mr. Vui is among thousands of people in Hue and Quang Nam provinces that have received typhoon damage relief following typhoon Damrey late last year thanks to supportRead More
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Enhancing two-way communication in ethnic minority communitiesMay 2, 2018Information plays an important role in household and production activities, especially ethnic minority communities. However, how best to deliver such information to citizens in an timely, accessible manner remains an open question. This is the focus of the training workshop in Hanoi late April 2018 Read More
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An “Economic empowerment” learning visit to Vietnam’s major coffee areaApril 16, 2018Early this month (April 2018), the project team from Technologically Enhanced Agricultural Livelihoods (TEAL) project paid a visit to Dak Lak to learn about the ways to grow and process coffee with Economic empowerment approach in this major coffee centre of the country. The team visited Thang Loi Read More
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Delays in tackling sexual harassment can cost garment industry billionsApril 13, 2018Giang Vu (CARE) (The story was published in The Sai Gon Times on 10 April 2018) Mr Binh has not forgotten his early days in Japan almost a decade ago when he just arrived here for higher studies. He remembers vividly the three things the Japanese taught him and his study colleagues in those first &hRead More
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Taste of the mountain for Australian MinisterApril 13, 2018Resy Vermeltfoort (SNV) and Giang Vu (CARE) “I want to thank the WEAVE project for the great work that they are doing in the pork, banana and cinnamon value chains in Lao Cai and Bac Kan provinces, especially for empowering women to build their resilience,” says Mr. Littleproud, the Australian MRead More
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#STOPSexualHarassment – Episode 5March 12, 2018Delve into a typical office setting, where a subtle problem stays in the undertone of people's word and action ...Read More
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#STOPSexualHarassment – Episode 4March 9, 2018 Delve into a typical office setting, where a subtle problem stays in the undertone of people's word and action ...Read More
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#STOPSexualHarassment – Episode 3March 9, 2018Delve into a typical office setting, where a subtle problem stays in the undertone of people's word and action ...Read More
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#STOPSexualHarassment – Episode 2March 9, 2018Delve into a typical office setting, where a subtle problem stays in the undertone of people's word and action ...Read More
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#STOPSexualHarassment – Episode 1March 9, 2018Delve into a typical office setting, where a subtle problem stays in the undertone of people's word and action ...Read More
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Join hands to stop sexual harassmentMarch 6, 2018 Author: Hannah Stephenson This month marks CARE International’s Global campaign March4Women where we will be joining together with partners and organization across the world to celebrate and empower women to march for their rights! Read More
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Photovoice – The voice of photographsMarch 5, 2018In an increasingly technological world, it is important to consider how NGOs can support the voice of communities whose decisions are often neglected, which in turn affects their individual empowerment. Photovoice, a process of social action whereby individuals are empowered by taking photographs usRead More
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How CARE’s Donors Support Ethnic Minority Women in VietnamSeptember 18, 2017Story By Takara Morgan, CARE Australia Published in Because You CARE, 2017 Winter / Spring Edition I have just returned from Vietnam, where I met someone I'd like to tell you about. Her name is Hom. She farms pigs and rice to support herself and her 13 year-old son. She is 31 - the same …Read More
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The Bicycling Broom Sellers of HanoiJuly 31, 2017I am in Hanoi, a guest of CARE, the international development agency, with a small group of staff from CARE and a local partner, walking through a small market. I see fresh vegetables and eggs, as well as meat of all varieties, from crabs (alive) to a dog (dead). We walk through the market to &helliRead More
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Inspiring Hope for the Future among Women Migrant WorkersJuly 26, 2017Thirty-six-year-old Pham Thi Hau was born in a poor village in Hai Duong province. After losing her father at a young age, she had to move to Hanoi when she was 10 years old to earn money to go to school. At the age of 24, she got married and had a daughter. Not long …Read More
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