By Vi Cao | External Relations Manager
Over the last two decades, Vietnam has experienced rapid economic growth and marked improvements in living standards. The main challenge for development in Vietnam, however, is the growing disparities and inequities. A living standard survey estimated the child poverty rate at 29.6%, equivalent to 7.6 million children. Of these 7.6 million children, 22.6% belong to the majority Kinh children and 60.3% to ethnic minority groups.
Serious challenges remain that limit the implementation of the Rights of the Child, including the lack of an effective mechanism for law enforcement, inadequate public awareness and knowledge levels of child rights as well ineffective practical implementation on the ground. Particularly, there is a lack of legislation and policies in the child protection services system, which create the conditions for the operation of an effective provision of child protection services.
Through capacity building of civil society, Save the Children (SC) and partners will nurture relationships and provide opportunities for CSOs and State actors to interact regarding developments of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in Vietnam. SC and partners will facilitate, mentor and provide platforms for networks at local, provincial and national levels to develop further. These networks of CSOs from various contexts, representing marginalized groups, will then become capable of monitoring children’s rights and be recognized as a relevant and credible discussion partner to the government actors.
The project objective is to create platform for CSOs for systematic dialogue with Government for fulfilling the gaps identified in the CRC concluding observations.
The project will be conducted with workshops, training, roundtable discussions, and networking events.
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