Naomi Kitahara, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Việt Nam, (left) hands over the kits to Thào Xuân Sùng, chairman of the Central Committee of Việt Nam Farmers’ Union (right). — Photo courtesy of the UNFPA HÀ NỘI — Over 5,700 dignity kits on Monday were handed over to a representative for women at risk of gender-based violence (GBV) in Việt Nam’s floods-affected provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình and Quảng Nam. Naomi Kitahara, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Việt Nam, handed over the kits to Thào Xuân Sùng, chairman of the Central Committee of Việt Nam Farmers’ Union. The union will deliver the dignity kits to the women in need. The country’s central coastal region has suffered unprecedented flooding from prolonged downpours and successive typhoons since early October, resulting in more than 200 deaths so far, and displacing thousands of people. At least 5.5 million people in the region have been affected, including an estimated 1.3 million women of reproductive age with more than 92,000 of them pregnant. Pregnancy and menstruation do not stop in emergencies, and as such uninterrupted services for sexual and reproductive health must be provided for women and girls. And risks of violence against women and girls increase in… Read full this story
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