Mechanisms to promote the advancement of women
National Machinery. The Directorate for the Integration of Women in Development (DIFD) was established in 1990 with the mandate to coordinate and promote measures for the efficient participation of women in development and to improve their living conditions through:
· research and recommendations aimed at developing a policy for the integration of women in development;
· monitoring projects in the technical ministries; and
· maintaining links with national and international bodies.
The work of the Directorate resulted in the creation of a Ministry for the integration of women in development, responsible for developing, implementing and coordinating government policy in the area of the integration of women in development.
WID Units or Focal Points in Technical Ministries. With the establishment of the DIFD focal points were set up in the Ministry of Youth and Rural Development, the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Industry and Crafts, and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Since 1990 there has been an increase in women's NGOs oriented to economic and cultural development in the areas of community development, environment, family -well-being, communication, agriculture, marketing of food crops, and health.
