The provincial Women's Union holds a mid-term evaluation conference

Deputy Secretary of the provincial Standing Party Committee – Le Hong Phuong – makes a speech at the conference

    During the first half-term of the 7th Congress of Dong Nai Women’s Union, its resolution was implemented with the intention of building and developing a strong and united Union, of encouraging women from all works of life to take part in the emulation movement "Learn actively, work creatively and build a happy family”, of developing potentials and actively participating in socio-economic development to improve women’s spiritual and material life, of creating an image of a patriotic, creative and responsible woman, which is associated with gender equality. The Executive Board of the provincial Women’s Union has continually innovated and diversified its forms of activities, improved its quality – especially that of grassroots units and attracted a large number of women to its movements. With a variety of specific activities which are closely connected with the rights and benefits of women from grassroots units, those are the activities of groups of elderly women, of the women who do healthy exercise, of the women in need of poverty reduction and of the women who raise their children to be good people... of traditional mothers’ association, of businesswomen’s club and of lodging owners... The Union of all levels has attracted nearly 44,000 members, which makes its total members – 451,795, accounting for 69.31% compared to the women whose age is not less than 18. The number of its key members is 156,166, accounting for 36.54%, and 70% of wards and communes convene periodic meetings for their key members.

Delegates at the conference

    The Union has sought cooperation and made loans of VND198 billion to more than 80,000 women to help them increase their income, eliminate hunger, reduce poverty and develop their family economy. Up to now, the Union has formed 4,544 credit and savings groups of women with a membership of nearly 76,000 and raised an amount of VND51.6 billion. The number of poor households whose householders are women and who has received support loans is 6,653 ones, accounting for 83% of the total poor households with female householders. Thereby, it helps 3,060 households through poverty. The Union has campaigned for building and transferring 131 houses of compassion worth VND1,352 billion to its members who encounter difficulties in accommodation and awarded 4,920 scholarships worth VND1.7 billion and more than VND6 billion, which are used to support government-funded individuals...

    Addressing the conference, Mr. Le Hong Phuong – Deputy Secretary of the provincial Standing Party Committee highly appreciated the efforts that the Union has made and the results that it has achieved over the first half-term. He suggested that the Union should focus on re-considering its criteria and weaknesses to find out its problems and to work out solutions, enhance taking care of women’s spiritual and material life – especially that of ethnic, rural and poor women, continue to update its contents and operation methods under the motto – focus on grassroots units and determine its detachments and members as a major force, promote the role of women at all aspects with the intention of helping them meet all the requirements for health, knowledge and career skills so that they could work and create, know precisely its members’ wishes to timely reflect their wishes and produce solutions, improve their lives and assist them in seeking for jobs, and simultaneously promote the propaganda of law education and knowledge relating to gender equality.

(Reported by N. Le, Translated by Duy Minh)