Current Status of Men's Understanding and Needs for Access to Social Work Services to Reduce Domestic Violence

3.3 Current status of understanding and needs of men to access social work services to reduce domestic violence

3.3.1 Men's understanding of types of social work services to reduce domestic violence

Assessing men's understanding of social work services to reduce domestic violence will help to generalize the overall picture of the prevalence as well as the promotion and introduction of services from relevant agencies to the community in general and to men in particular.

Table 3.3: Percentage of men's knowledge about Social Work Services for GBL men according to male characteristics (%)

NTL Features

Communication and education services to raise awareness in preventing domestic violence	Employment support services for male perpetrators of violence	Legal advice services for male perpetrators of violence	Personal psychological support counseling service	Men's Club of Violence
Known Rate		72.0	40.7	36.3	31.7	23.7
Education level		*
	Secondary school or higher down	49.2	52.6	44.7	23.7	23.7
	High School	60.4	40.3	29.9	35.4	25.0
	College, University or higher go up	72.8	37.3	41.5	29.7	22.0
Living area		***	***
	Van Don	73.0	30.0	32.0	31.0	19.0
	Hai Ha	59.9	52.7	41.8	38.5	31.9
	Ha Long	67.6	40.4	35.8	26.6	21.1
Average income /month of husband			***	***		*
	Under 5 million	72.2	48.5	41.8	34.2	27.6
	Over 5 million	50.0	26.0	26.0	26.9	16.3

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Statistical significance level: * p <0.05; ** p<0.01; *** p<0.001

According to the survey results of over 300 men who commit violence, the communication service to mobilize and educate to raise awareness in domestic violence prevention and control is the service with the highest rate of men knowing about among the 5 services mentioned above. Up to 216/300 men, accounting for 72%, know about the communication service to mobilize and educate to raise awareness in domestic violence prevention and control. Currently, this service is being prioritized in Quang Ninh in particular and in the whole country in general because of its easy-to-access methods to the largest number of people and groups of men through communication activities. To achieve the above results, from 2014 to the end of the first 6 months of 2020, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Quang Ninh province organized 489 direct communication conferences on legal knowledge and policies on gender equality, prevention and control of gender-based violence; prevention of domestic violence; Organized 399 training courses to improve knowledge and skills in responding to and resolving gender inequality issues in various areas of social and family life, preventing and combating domestic violence; Organized 02 contests "Learning about the Law on Gender Equality" and "Learning about legal policies on gender equality" attracting 600 units, communes, wards, towns, companies, enterprises, and schools in the whole province; Issued 500 handbooks on work for the advancement of women and gender equality, 12,200 pocket books on the Law on Gender Equality and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Gender Discrimination, 14,900 books on Q&A on gender equality and some specific regulations for female workers; 14,000 handbooks on prevention and response to gender-based violence, 36,250 copies of "Gender Equality in the Family and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence", 2,300 handbooks on the Gender Equality Model; 2,000 handbooks on propaganda of the Law on Gender Equality, Law on Prevention and Control of Domestic Violence; Producing reports, video clips, VCDs, CDs posted on mass media, provincial electronic information portals, social work newsletters; printing thousands of leaflets, brochures, posters; banners, slogans promoting the Gender Equality Prevention and Control program [51].

In terms of education level, men with a college or university education level or higher have the highest level of knowledge about communication services (72.8%). Because the higher the level of education, they will have a higher need and ability to access communication activities to raise awareness to prevent and reduce domestic violence compared to men with lower education levels. In terms of living area, Van Don district is the locality with the highest number of men knowing about communication services among the remaining 3 areas (73), followed by Ha Long city (67.6%) and Hai Ha district (59.9%). Van Don district is the area with the lowest rate of violence in the region.

The 3 areas should be suitable for men here to have the most knowledge about this communication service, so that we can partly evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of communication services with GBL men in the locality. There is no significant difference when considering the average income of men.

The second most well-known service among men surveyed is the employment support service for men who commit violence , with 122/300 men, accounting for 40.7%, knowing about this service. In order to gain the above understanding from men, the Quang Ninh Provincial Employment Service Center in recent years has: Applied information technology in organizing job exchanges; Coordinated with radio stations in districts and cities to promote labor and employment; Organized consultation sessions, seminars, and workshops directly with workers in localities; Distributed leaflets, promoted on mass media... In addition, the unit also regularly coordinates with vocational training institutions in the province, mass organizations to organize consultation, job introduction and output connection for workers after training; Actively contacted and coordinated with businesses inside and outside the province to recruit workers to advise and introduce jobs for local workers. Thereby, it has helped workers easily register, look up information, and search for jobs in response to recruitment requests from businesses. Currently, the Center maintains regular monthly operations of 4 Job Exchanges in the cities of Ha Long, Mong Cai, Cam Pha, and Uong Bi, with a frequency of 5 sessions/month, with online connection. In 2018, the Center organized 55 regular job exchanges, 04 online job exchanges connecting with the northern provinces, and 04 mobile job exchanges in Van Don, Quang Yen, Hai Ha, and Hoanh Bo districts, attracting more than 900 businesses to participate in recruitment. Thereby, it provided job counseling for 16,198 workers; Received recruitment registrations from 1,112 units with a total of 46,489 job positions; Introduced jobs to 983 units with 7,565 job positions. Of which, 3,603 workers met the requirements of the preliminary round; Organized career orientation counseling for 7,000 youth, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, rural women, and migrant workers; Organized talks and career orientation at 6 high schools for 2,100 students [99].

In terms of education level, there is no significant difference. In terms of living area, Hai Ha District is the place where the highest percentage of men know about the job support service for GBL men, accounting for 52.7%, followed by men in Ha Long City, 40.4%.

and at least in Van Don district 30%. In terms of average monthly income, men with income under 5 million/month have a much higher rate of knowing about job support services for GBL men (48.5%) than men with income over 5 million/month (26%). Men with low income are often more interested in job search issues because they want to change their jobs more than men with higher income, or these men with low income are the ones who find jobs thanks to the support model of job exchanges because the jobs introduced from sessions or exchanges are basic jobs with average income.

Legal advice services for men who commit violence are the third most known service for GBL men, with 109/300 people knowing about them, accounting for 36.3%. In the conciliation committee in each area, there is a legal officer from the ward or police who will provide GBL men with information about the law related to domestic violence, so men know about this service. In terms of average monthly income, men with an income of less than 5 million VND/month have more knowledge about legal advice services for men who commit violence (41.8) than men with an income of more than 5 million VND/month. There is no difference when considering education level and living area.

Men participating in the survey have the 4th highest level of knowledge with personal psychological support and counseling services, with 95/300 men accounting for 31.7%. As shared by Mr. TXH, an officer of the Quang Ninh Provincial Social Work Center: ― The number of domestic violence cases that the center knows and intervenes in has tended to increase in recent years. However, it is still quite small because the number of people who know about the functions and tasks of the Quang Ninh Provincial Social Work Center, including the function of consulting and intervening to support victims and perpetrators of domestic violence, is still limited. Only a small number of people have changed their awareness that domestic violence cases are not only limited to the family but require the intervention of authorities and social workers. Agencies and organizations have not really paid attention and focused on taking care of the spiritual life of each individual and family. There was no difference in the understanding of individual psychological support services among male respondents based on education level, region of residence and average income.

The service with the least knowledge among GBL men participating in the survey was the Men's Club for Violence, with only 71/300 men, accounting for 23.7%. This reason is understandable because currently in Quang Ninh province, this service model has not been implemented yet.

widely and diversely deployed in many areas. There is only one "Men's Club for Domestic Violence Prevention" formed in 2019 in Quang Thanh commune, Hai Ha district, so the number of men who know about this service is only 71 people, which is natural. There is no difference when considering education level and living area. In terms of average income, men with income under 5 million have a higher rate of understanding (27.6%) about the GBL Men's Club service than those with income over 5 million (16.3%).

3.3.2 The need for male perpetrators of violence to engage with social work services to reduce domestic violence

3.3.2.1 The need for male perpetrators to engage with five social work services to reduce domestic violence

79.7

66.7

56.7

61.7

Communication and education services to raise awareness in preventing domestic violence

Support services Consulting services

Men's Club Counseling Services

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legal for men

violent people

personal counseling

perpetrators of violence

In any professional field, especially in providing services to customers, understanding the needs and tastes of customers is one of the key factors to consume products. The same is true for the social work profession, accurately understanding the needs of the target audience and the community, knowing what they want and need is the top priority to help service providers provide effective programs, activities, and support services that contribute to satisfying customer needs and effectively solving customer problems.

Figure 3.6: Percentage of men's need for social work services to reduce domestic violence (%) (N=300)

The results showed that the majority of men who committed violence had a need to participate in and use 5 social work services to reduce domestic violence when the rate of choosing all 5 services

are all over 50%. The service of the Men's Club for Domestic Violence is the service that men want to participate in and use the most with 83%, followed by legal advice services (79.7%), communication and education services to raise awareness (66.7%), psychological support services (61.7%) and finally employment support services (56.7%). Table 3.4 shows the specific needs of men to participate in the activities of each social work service with men to reduce domestic violence.

Table 3.4: Men's need to participate in social work activities to reduce domestic violence (Percentage %) (N=300)

Support services

General use	Specific content	Need demand for use
General use	Specific content	N	%
1. Transmission service awareness raising education campaign in preventing domestic violence	66.7 %	Provided with Handbook on gender equality and for the advancement of women; Reports, video clips, VCDs, CDs posted on mass media, provincial electronic information portal, social work newsletters; leaflets, brochures, posters; banners, slogans promoting the program domestic violence prevention program	198	66.0
		Participate in training courses to improve control skills anger management and violent behavior control	197	65.7
		Participate in training courses to improve knowledge related to family; skills in controlling, consulting, responding to and resolving gender inequality issues in areas of social and family life, prevention, against domestic violence	193	64.3
		Join the Marriage, Family and Peace Club gender equality	191	63.7
		Participate in group activities of people with violent behavior to share ways to control anger and reduce violent behavior	184	61.3
		Participate in live media conferences on knowledge, laws and policies on equality gender, domestic violence prevention	148	49.3

Participate in the contest "Learn about Gender Equality Law" and "Learn about legal policies"

on gender equality

110

36.7

2. Employment support services for male perpetrators of violence

56.7 %

Providing information to the labor market, creating a bridge for workers inside and outside the province to directly promote labor relations with

business

165

55.0

Consulting and introducing jobs for male workers through job introduction centers

locally made

165

55.0

Connecting job opportunities for men through periodically organized job fairs

monthly

163

54.3

3. Legal advice services for male perpetrators of violence

79.7%

Provide knowledge about the rights of the victim

violence

213

71.0

Show the perpetrator what punishment their actions merit, what legal procedures they will have to go through, and what responsibilities they will have.

their in those steps

200

66.7

Forms of handling domestic violence

family

195

65.0

Responsibility of the perpetrator

195

65.0

4. Consulting services

personal psychological support

61.7%

Direct consultation via toll-free hotline 18001769 on issues of gender violence, sexual abuse, human trafficking, marriage and family,

prevention of domestic violence

182

60.7

Personal consultation directly at the work center

society

179

59.7

Personal consultation directly at home

161

60.3

5. Men's Club of Violence

force

83%

Consulting, connecting member support services

demand

228

76.0

Consulting, connecting member support services

demand

228

76.0

Members learn problem solving skills

219

73.0

family conflict without violence

Through fun and engaging situations, help group members understand and practice life skills in conflict resolution.

family

211

70.3

Organize activities about the role of fathers in the family (Knowledge contest, cooking contest, etc.)

skits, literature...)

198

66.0

Create opportunities for men to access new methods in improving family relationships, raising children, and building families to ensure men have the responsibility to share the work.

housework and women's rights in the family

188

62.7

The facilitator provides knowledge to change behavior and raise awareness on topics such as: sex discrimination at birth, gender stereotypes, gender-based violence against women, prevention laws, and gender-based violence.

against domestic violence

184

61.3

Coordinators and officials from relevant agencies provide experience in business, family economic development and maintaining happiness.

family

183

61.0

With the GBL Men's Club service , the content that men want to receive when joining the club is advice, connection to support services for members in need (76%), an environment for men in the family to have the opportunity to communicate, share, and relieve stress and conflicts in the family (75.7%), learn skills to resolve family conflicts without using violence (73%) and identify and practice life skills in resolving family conflicts through fun and engaging situations that the club activities bring (70.3%). The fact that men have such a high demand to join the GBL Men's Club is a very encouraging sign about men's awareness and attitude towards the issue of preventing and reducing GBV. As shared by a GBL man, Mr. NTT, 40 years old, Van Don District: "I am willing to join this club if I can

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