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Mechanisms to promote the advancement of women


Mechanisms to promote the advancement of women

National Machinery. The Department of Women's Affairs in the Ministry of Social Affairs, created in 1977, is the technical secretariat for the National Commission for Women. Revitalized in 1993, the Commission is comprised of four committees: information, legislation, economy, and political life and decision-making. The Department of Women's Affairs executes projects recommended by the Commission and in 1994 was handling 13 donor-sponsored development projects in literacy, income generation, family planning and health.

WID Units or Focal Points in Technical Ministries. The Policy and Coordination Unit for Women in Agriculture (PCUWA), established in the MOALR in 1992, aims to increase women's access to agricultural services and resources, improve their socio-economic status, and increase agricultural productivity and production. It works with the various departments and institutes of the Ministry to integrate issues of concern to women into the mainstream of MOALR's programmes and policies. Funding is still required to fully operationalize the Unit.

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). NGOs working in the field of women and development are coordinated by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

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