The Institute for Social Development Studies and the Central Committee for Propaganda and Training co-hosted a workshop to introduce the toolkit for information, education and communication (IEC) activities for reduction of stigma and discrimination related to the disabled on March 9, 2012 in Hanoi.
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Workshop on introduction to the toolkit for information, education and communication activities for reducation of stigma and discrimination related to disabled people
"Transnational marriage migration of Vietnamese women in Asia: Toward a multi-dimensional view"
On July 1st 2011 in Hanoi, Institute for Social Development Studies (ISDS) and University of Western Ontario jointly organized the workshop entitled “Transnational marriage migration of Vietnamese women in Asia: Toward a multi-dimensional view” in order to disseminate results of a series of quantitative and qualitative studies on transnational marriage migration in both sending and receiving sites. The workshop is the concluding activity of a four-year research project “Transnational migration of Vietnamese women in Asia” under a generous grant provided by the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC).
Training workshops on “Reduction of stigma and discrimination against disadvantaged groups in Vietnam” organized at the Central College for Female Cadres and University of Labor and Social affairs
Within the framework of the project entitled “Promoting disadvantaged groups’ rights and social integration in Vietnam” sponsored by Oxfam NOVIB, the Institute for Social Development Studies organized a training workshop on “Reduction of stigma and discrimination against disadvantaged groups in Vietnam” at the Central College for Female Cadres from February 27 to March 2, 2012 and at the University of Labor and Social Affairs from March 20 to 24, 2012 in Hanoi. The workshop was aimed at enhancing knowledge, skills and self-confidence on anti-stigma and anti-discrimination related to vulnerable groups, including people living with HIV/AIDS, DUs, sex workers and disabled people for lecturers, who will then educate the cadres at grassroots level or their students.
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- Wokshop on the development of toolkit for action “undersdtanding and tackling sex work-and hiv-related stigma and discrimination”
- The series of workshops on learning about and tackling drug addiction, sex work and hiv-related stigma and discrimination
- A series of workshops on “Understanding and tackling with stigma and discrimination related to people with disabilities”.
- The first National Symposium titled ‘Negotiating sexualities in moving spaces’ in Vietnam
- Qualitative Research on the Social and Cultural Factors Underlying the Skewed Sex Ratio at Birth in Viet Nam
- Launching of the TV show “Love Strategist” on O2TV
- Press conference: Introduce research results from two studies on men’s sexuality and migrants’ sexuality in Vietnam
- The second meeting of the advisors board for the project “reducing stigma and discrimination toward people with disabilities.”
- Training workshop “Counseling on Relationship and Sexuality”
- ISDS disseminates the research results on social construct of sexuality in Viet Nam and the book “Sexuality in comteporary Vietnam: Easy To Joke About But Hard To Talk About”
