A boost for domestic violence prevention

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The new regulation stipulates principles, contents, and responsibilities for interdisciplinary cooperation among ministries, agencies, and organizations at central and local levels on domestic violence prevention.  

It targets to prevent domestic violence through information, communication and education; reconciliation, and development of models on domestic violence prevention; support for domestic violence victims; making report on domestic violence cases; and investigating related cases.

In Viet Nam, 58% of married women are victims of either or both kind of violence, which causes them heavy physical and mental damage, according to figures released in 2015 by a new campaign to stop violence against women. Every one of three women in the world suffer physical or sexual violence, usually from a male partner or a male member in the family./.

By Kim Loan