Data for actions,
The case of 2010 national Study on Domestic Violence against women in Vietnam
Violence against women (VAW) is one of the main obstacles to gender equality and women’s
empowerment and has received increased attention over the last decades. A major obstacle to
developing sound national VAW legislation, policies and programmes to prevent and address
VAW is the lack of reliable and comparable data on VAW. Within the international community,
the need for national VAW data has been given high priority as is evident from the various
statements and declarations at global regional or national levels.
At national level, Viet Nam has demonstrated its strong commitment to promote gender
equality and to end violence against women by ratifying several core international human rights
treaties (CEDAW, CRC, MDGs). These commitments have laid a strong foundation for the
creation of national legal and policy frameworks that address gender-based violence in Viet
Nam. In 2006, the Law on Gender Equality (GE Law) and in 2007 of the Law on Domestic
Violence Prevention and Control (DV Law) were passed,
However, there is a gap between the theory and practical implementation at all levels. The
knowledge and perceptions about domestic violence (DV), Violence against women (VAW)
among both the public and duty bearers still remains limited.
There was a real need for more sound evidence for policy recommendations and for baseline
data against which the impact of implementation of the DV Law, strategies and programs can
be measured in the future. More specific and in-depth research was identified as a priority to
learn more about the prevalence, causes and consequences of different forms of domestic
VAW in the country.
The first time a large-scale quantitative and qualitative study on this topic was conducted in
Viet Nam in 2010 successful. Base on this study, it is promoting for more accurately assess the
incidence of domestic violence.
Present will focus on best practise in Viet Nam how to use this study to:
1. Lobby and implement the 2010 national study as well as
2. Ensure that findings from this national study to be interpreted correctly are still
interesting topics which have been discussed in many in regional as well as international
forums on statistics and gender forums
3. Share the success of this study in policy making in Viet nam and develop some more
project
4. Share this success with international statistics community in the region