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On the morning of July 30, 2024, the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC), in collaboration with the Disabled People's Association of Huong Thuy Town, organized the Launching Ceremony of the Huong Thuy Town Club for Women with Disabilities. This is the seventh Club for Women with Disabilities established under the framework of the “Inclusion 1” project.

The project aims to reduce gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities in Nghe An province by enhancing the capacity of women and girls with disabilities and their communities to address gender-based violence, and by strengthening legal counseling and support for women and girls with disabilities.

The practice of legal aid for persons with disabilities, especially women and girls, is a necessary and urgent task. Understanding the importance of this activity, the practice of legal aid for persons with disabilities was promoted in the project “Strengthening the capability to retaliate against gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities in Nghe An province". One of the project's highlights was the exceedingly smooth collaboration between the Legal Aid Center of the State of Nghe An Province and its partners in the project, and the efficiency of the Center's legal aid team was enhanced remarkably, especially in tackling the issue of gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities here. 

To reduce violence against women and girls with disabilities (WGWD) and promote their rights by raising awareness and building their capacity to respond to sexual violence.

This project was implemented over a four-month period, from November 2017 to February 2018, with two key objectives successfully achieved: (1) To raise awareness among women and girls with disabilities (WGWDs) in order to strengthen their voice in advocating for their rights; and (2) To improve local infrastructure to better protect girls with disabilities (GWDs) in public spaces from potential acts of violence. In this context, the public lighting system was selected for enhancement.

Developing clubs for WGWDS is one of the priorities in the project’s initiative to minimize sexual violence. Thanh Khe District WGWDs Club was established to meet the needs of exchanging and sharing information, along with helping each other in life.

On the morning of April 28, 2023, the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC), in collaboration with Duy Xuyen’s Women with Disabilities Club, organized a monthly meeting to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2023) and the 137th anniversary of International Labor Day (May 1, 1886 - May 1, 2023). The meeting was carried out within the framework of the Inc... project implemented by ACDC with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The event included many useful activities related to the state's policies for people with disabilities.

On March 14th - 15th, 2023, in Thua Thien Hue province, ACDC in collaboration with the Project Management Unit and relevant agencies organized “Training on gender-based violence for women with disabilities and their caregivers” with the participation of 60 participants from two districts of Phu Loc and Nam Dong.  

In the past 2 days from January 12 to 13, 2023, ACDC in collaboration with the Project Management Board "Raising Voices, Creating Opportunities Project - Phase II" Quang Nam province organized activities “Training on gender violence prevention for women with disabilities”.  The activity aims to raise awareness and skills of women with disabilities in the prevention of gender-based violence.

“Even though I'm 29 years old this year, this is the first time I've had a medical examination. I was very excited when I received the invitation, so I came here early today for a checkup. I'm glad to hear from the doctors that I don't have any major health issues. Thank you to the doctors and the project for organising the health checkup today.” – That is shared by Ms T.T.L, a woman with disabilities in Hai Phong commune, Hai Lang district, Quang Tri province during the last reproductive health checkup. The activity was organised by the IAction to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) in collaboration with the Quang Tri Provincial Project Management Board in Hai Lang district on December 15-16, 2022. The purpose of the free reproductive health check-up is to improve access to health care services in general and sexual-reproductive health in particular for women with disabilities while raising awareness and self-protection and health care for women with disabilities in the province.

In late October and early November 2022, more than 100 women with disabilities in Bac Tra My and Nam Tra My districts, Quang Nam province, received free fertility checkups. Implementation activities under the coordination of the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) and the Project Management Board "Raising Voices, Creating Opportunities, Phase II".

Continuing the series of health care activities for persons with disabilities in general and reproductive health care for women with disabilities in particular, on October 29th - 30th, 2022, Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) coordinated with the Project Management Unit and local agencies in Thua Thien Hue province to organize reproductive health check-ups for more than 100 women with disabilities in Quang Dien district and Huong Thuy town.

On October 14, 2022, the ACDC Institute, in collaboration with the Women with Disabilities Club of Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province and the district’s Women’s Association, organized the contest “Women with Disabilities - Charming and Graceful”. The activity was to celebrate the 92nd year of Vietnamese Women’s Day on October 20, and was within the framework of the project “Social Assistance and Independent Living”. 

From September 27-28, 2022, in Hanoi, a training course for the TOT group on prevention and response to gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities in the online environment" was held. The activity is within the framework of the project “Enhancing the information accessibility for persons with disabilities and organizations for persons with disabilities” funded by CBM.

On the afternoon of August 9th, 2022, in Thua Thien Hue province, ACDC in collaboration with the Department of Labour- War Invalids and Social Affairs organized a conference "Sharing survey results of gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities”.

In Quang Tri, on August 2, 2022, the launching ceremony of the Vinh Linh District Women with Disabilities Club took place. The activity is organized by the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) in collaboration with the Women's Union of Vinh Linh District within the framework of the project "Social Assistance and independent living, period 2022 - 2023”.

On July 28, 2022, the Workshop on “Reporting survey results of gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities” took place in Quang Tri. The activity was jointly held by ACDC and the Organization of Persons with Disabilities, Agent Orange Victims, Protecting Persons with Disabilities and Protecting Children's Rights.

On June 28, 2022, the launching ceremony of the Club of Women with disabilities in Phong Dien district was held. The activity was implemented by ACDC in cooperation with the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Women’s Union, the Association of Persons with Disabilities of Phong Dien district.

In Thua Thien Hue, the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) coordinated with the Project Management Unit, the Department of Health of Thua Thien Hue Province, Health Centers, the Organization of Persons with Disabilities and local departments and agencies organized reproductive health checkup for more than 100 women with disabilities women between the ages of 13 and 50 in Phu Loc district and Huong Tra town.

In the afternoon of March 21 2022, at the Cultural center of Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province, the Organization of Persons with Blindness and Disabilities of Duy Xuyen district and ACDC (Action to the Community Development Institute) organized a ceremony for the establishment of Duy Xuyen’s Women with Disabilities Club. This is an activity in the Inclusion and Independent Living (Inclusion I) project funded by USAID.

The theme of International Women’s Day 2022 has been announced by the United Nations (UN) as “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” with the aim of recognizing the contributions made by women and girls around the world, those who are working at the forefront of adapting, reducing and responding to climate change, in order to build a more stable future for everyone.