Experts Contribute to Draft Revised Law on Domestic Violence Control
Representatives from social and community-based organisations on September 12 shared with the National Assembly (NA) Deputies in Hanoi their activities in addressing domestic violence and discussed mechanism to join forces in tackling domestic violence for Vietnam . UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara speaks at the forum. Photo: UNFPA Vietnam The discussion was part of the consultative workshop held by the NA’s Committee for Social Affairs in collaboration with the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender – Family – Women and Adolescents (CSAGA) to review the draft amended Domestic Violence Prevention and Control Law (DVPC Law). High on the agenda of the workshop, which was jointly supported by UNFPA and the Government of Australia, was the presentation by the NA’s Committee for Social Affairs relating to the latest revision of the draft DVPC Law, following the comments by the National Assembly in June 2022. Representatives from Vietnam ’s Gender-ba