Asking children to study until 2-3 am, always have to score 10 is domestic violence?

There was an opinion on this issue when discussing the draft Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control (amended) at the 10th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee, this afternoon of April 16.

Nearly 1 in 3 women experience violence from their husbands

Under the authorization of the Prime Minister to present the report, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung emphasized, besides the achieved results, domestic violence is still a painful and difficult problem in Vietnam. Male. Many cases have serious harm, complicated, sophisticated, unpredictable and difficult to handle by current legal regulations.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung

According to the results of the national survey published in 20201, nearly 1 in 3 women (32%) experienced physical/or sexual violence by their husbands. Notably, 90.4% of women experiencing physical or sexual violence by their husbands did not seek help, only 4.8% sought help from the police.

The results of this survey also show that, in 2019, domestic violence against women caused a loss of 1.8% of GDP (an increase of 0.2% compared to 2012). Not only women, but domestic violence against children and the elderly is also common. Among children who are sexually abused, up to 21.3% are abused by their own family members

“Domestic violence tends to be more serious, diverse and complex, which has been leaving heavy consequences for many families, causing great damage to the whole society. If not dealt with promptly, domestic violence will threaten the sustainable development of the family, erode the nation’s fine traditional cultural values, weaken the development motivation and be barriers to the country’s sustainable development” – Minister Nguyen Van Hung emphasized that amending the current law is really necessary.

From the above fact, Chairman of the Social Committee Nguyen Thuy Anh said that the examining agency agrees with the need to amend the law. However, it is proposed that the Drafting Agency, in the process of amending the Law, continue to stick to the human rights approach, ensuring human rights, especially for specific subjects such as women, children, the elderly. age, prioritizing the legitimate wishes of the person experiencing domestic violence, respecting the rights of citizens when dealing with violations of domestic violence, and taking care of cultural, family and special issues. psychological points of the target groups as well as regional and ethnic characteristics.

Mental torment is often more severe than physical

During the discussion, National Assembly Chairwoman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that the revision of the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control (amended) at the beginning of his term shows the great concern of the Party, State and the whole society for the cause. The consequences of domestic violence, both physically and mentally, are very large, especially for women, children and “the husbands who also suffer from domestic violence”.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue

Proposing to clarify the responsibilities of agencies and organizations in presiding over and coordinating this work, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue asked the question, if not detected and handled in time, who is responsible and if so? If it is not clear, it is difficult to distinguish when the consequences of the incident are very serious.

“Every brother worries but doesn’t know his responsibilities, sometimes it’s not as good as a worried brother. Most cases of domestic violence are discovered by the press,” said the National Assembly Chairman.

Commenting on the draft content, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue assessed that the part of protecting victims of mental and sexual violence is unknown, while mental torment is sometimes even more severe than physical.

Citing experts who believe that sex selection of the fetus is also domestic violence, the National Assembly Chairwoman cited the fact that “many cases of unwanted pregnancies are horribly abused by husbands”. The situation of a stepmother abusing her stepchild, then a stepfather, a lover abusing and abusing her stepchild is a lot of social frustration, so the judiciary needs to pay special attention to this object.

Speaking at the discussion session, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son mentioned the phenomenon that parents expect too much from their children, which leads them to require their children to study until 2-3 am as well as expect their children to have to attend school. If you get 10 points, you have to follow the parent’s career, become proud of your parents, creating pressure, exceeding the ability and ability of children. Therefore, the draft needs to be more explicit about not putting too much pressure on work and study.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son speaks at the discussion session. Photo: National Assembly

Mr. Nguyen Kim Son said that if there is a prohibition on the act of abandoning parents, the elderly do not take care of and abandon children, it should also be considered and considered with behaviors like parents but do not comply. Is parenting or school coordination responsibilities as domestic violence? “Besides raising, there are teachers but they don’t teach and the other thing is too much teaching, it should be considered as violence against students.”

According to Ngoc Thanh