Chương 2 Nghị định 48/2009/NĐ-CP về các biện pháp bảo đảm bình đẳng giới: Thông tin, giáo dục, truyền thông về giới và bình đẳng giới

Chapter II

INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION ON GENDER AND GENDER EQUALITY

Article 3. Requirements on information, education and communication on gender and gender equality

1. Contents and forms of information, education and communication on gender and gender equality must satisfy the following requirements:

a/ Being conformable with basic principles of gender equality specified in Article 6 of the Law on Gender Equality;

b/ Setting orientations for and promoting gender equality in all fields of social life and families;

c/ Neither holding nor arousing gender prejudice; eliminating gender discrimination in all forms.

2. Persons engaged in information, education and communication on gender and gender equality must be knowledgeable about gender and gender equality.

Article 4. Contents of information, education and communication on gender and gender equality

1. Policies and law on gender equality.

2. Knowledge, information and data on gender and gender equality.

3. Adverse impacts of gender prejudice and gender discrimination; the fight against, prevention and handling of violations of the law on gender equality.

4. Good measures and experiences, advanced models and types in the implementation of policies and law on gender equality and the fight against gender discrimination and gender prejudice.

5. Other contents related to gender and gender equality.

Article 5. Forms of information, education and communication on gender and gender equality

1. Forms of information and communication on gender and gender equality:

a/ Through rapporteurs and communicators;

b/ Through mass media, the Internet and public-address systems;

c/ Through distribution of propaganda publications and documents;

d/ Though forms of folk culture and mass culture, literary and artistic works and community activities:

dd/ Through the organization of law knowledge contests;

e/ Through club activities;

g/ Inclusion into activities of organizations, individuals, families and society;

h/ Other forms of information and communication.

2. Forms of education on gender and gender equality:

a/ Incorporation of gender and gender equality contents in education programs in schools and other educational institutions within the national education system and of state agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, other organizations and people's armed forces suitable to each education level and training degree;

b/ Inclusion of gender and gender equality contents in extracurricular activities;

c/ Other educational forms.

Article 6. Responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals for information, education and communication on gender and gender equality

1. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, People's Committees at all levels and other agencies and organizations shall, within the scope of their assigned functions, tasks and powers, conduct information, propagation, dissemination and education of gender knowledge and gender equality policies and law as prescribed in Articles 3. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11 of the Government's Decree No. 70/2008/ND-CP of June 4, 2008, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Gender Equality (below referred to as Decree No. 70/2008/ND-CP).

2. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall:

a/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Central Vietnam Women's Union and other relevant ministries and branches in, elaborating a set of source documents on gender and gender equality; build up and train a contingent of gender and gender equality communicators;

b/ Coordinate with the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Central Vietnam Women's Union and the Front's member organizations in conducting information, education and communication on gender and gender equality as prescribed at Point c, Clause 1, Article 15 and Clause 4. Article 16 of Decree No. 70/2008/ND-CP and this Decree.

3. The Ministry of Justice shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs in, training law rapporteurs at the central level in gender knowledge and gender equality policies and law.

4. The Ministry of Information and Communication shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and other relevant ministries and branches in, training information and communication officers in gender and gender equality knowledge.

5. The Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Home Affairs and other relevant ministries and branches shall review teaching programs and documents in order to remove knowledge, information and images expressing gender prejudice; periodically organize retraining courses on gender knowledge and gender equality policies and law for teaching staffs of their educational institutions.

6. People's Committees at all levels shall direct, guide and organize propagation and dissemination of gender knowledge and gender equality policies and law for local officials and people; direct local information and communication agencies to spare appropriate time and columns on local mass media for information and propagation about gender and gender equality; direct local judicial agencies to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned agencies and organizations in, training law rapporteurs at provincial and district levels and law communicators at the grassroots level in gender knowledge and gender equality policies and law.

7. Schools and other educational institutions within the national education system and educational institutions of state agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, other organizations and people's armed forces shall implement educational programs containing gender and gender equality knowledge; study and propose competent state agencies to amend or supplement educational programs on gender or integrate gender and gender equality knowledge to meet the requirements of each education level and training degree as well as learners' needs.

8. Mass media agencies shall, within the scope of their tasks and powers, spare appropriate time and columns to propagate and disseminate the Party's lines and policies and the State's law on gender equality; assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs in, developing special columns and sections on gender equality, introducing advanced models and symbols, good persons and deeds in realizing gender equality, and condemning acts of violating the gender equality law.

9. Economic organizations and social organizations shall propagate and disseminate gender knowledge and gender equality policies and law within the scope of their responsibilities.

10. Vietnamese citizens shall study to raise their understanding and awareness about gender and gender equality; participate in propagating, educating and mobilizing their family members to realize gender equality policies and law.