Gender Equality Department in the Ministry of Social Affairs

Source Directorate of Agricultural Domestic Economy, Bureau for Equality, ministry for Agriculture

The Ministry of Education therefore has a policy framework to advance gender equality in education.

The Ministry of Gender Equality had been expanded and restructured, renamed the Ministry of Gender Equality and the Family, and given responsibility for family policies such as child rearing and family health in addition to gender issues.

The Department of Education and Science Gender Equality Unit focused on the education sector, while the Ministry of Finance Gender Equality Unit oversaw the implementation of equality policies in the employment of civil servants.

The Law on Gender Equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina provides for formation of an Agency for Gender Equality, within the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees.

The Council exercises the latter task in cooperation with the Gender Equality Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs.

Strong emphasis had been placed on gender equality in development and poverty reduction, with the establishment of a ministry dealing exclusively with gender equality and the advancement of women.

496. Clarification was requested on the national machinery, especially in view of the recent transfer of responsibility for equality issues from the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Social Affairs.

These efforts were furthered in the gender equality project that UNIFEM executed on behalf of UNDP and the Ministry of Social Affairs, resulting in the adoption of a national gender equality policy.

The second National Plan for Equality of Portugal states that each Ministry has to appoint a Councillor for Equality to be responsible for preparing an annual ministerial gender mainstreaming plan.

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At an institutional level, new institutional mechanisms have been established, as the Interministerial Committee for Gender Equality (2000), the Permanent Parliamentary Committee for Equality and Human Rights (2002) and the Office for Gender Equality in the Ministry of National Defense (2004).

According to the Law on Gender Equality in B H, the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees is responsible for the Gender Equality Agency, formed as independent unit.

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Issuing, by the Ministry of National Economy, of the 18321 6 6 2001 circular on appointment of officers responsible for gender equality in Managing Authorities .

The principle of gender equality forms an intrinsic part of personnel policy at the Ministry of Finance, which strives to attract both men and women.

Pilot Ministry Ministry of Justice

The National Action Plan for Gender Equality (2001 2006) of the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization included measures and actions that aim to change the stereotyped roles of the sexes.

The guidelines prepared by the Ministry of Social Affairs ( Impact assessment gender aspect ) provide a list of legally binding documents that contain norms for the promotion of gender equality, first of all for integrating gender equality into various policies and measures.

Vice Ministry of Defence (Ministry of Defence)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Defence

), an institution supervised by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization, carried out relative surveys and studies.

There will be equality of status, equality of opportunity and equality before the law.

The Concept Paper of Gender Equality Implementation and European Community frameworks had been published in the Latvian language, and gender equality and women's rights were components of various research projects and publications funded by the Ministry of Welfare or international organizations.

In 2003, the Open Society Institute conducted a gender equality monitoring survey commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs with the aim to find out the opinions and attitudes of society towards gender equality and the role of women and men.

The capacity of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, which is charged with coordinating gender equality programmes within the Government, is still limited.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Defence Ministry of Transport Ministry of Security Governor of Bobo Dioulasso Radio Nationale Niangoloko Customs Office

The General Secretariat for Gender Equality, as the competent governmental body, participates in planning actions on Equality in the Operational Programme Agricultural development Restructuring the countryside , as well as in the Operational Programme Fishery of the Ministry of Agriculture.

There were discussions between the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports and the Institute for Schools on establishing a programme to train teachers in gender equality, and some seminars on equality and tolerance were already being offered.

According to the Gender Equality Act an official of the structural unit of the Ministry of Social Affairs which deals with gender equality provides consultation to all persons on matters related to implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women.

There will also be equality of status, equality of opportunity and equality before the law.

Vice Ministry of Justice (Ministry of the Presidency)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Defence Ministry of Security Ministry of Transport Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Governor of Forestière Border post at Piné Border post at Wolono

Gender equality issues were addressed by a number of parliamentary bodies, including the Gender Equality Subcommission of the Commission on Human Rights and Public Affairs and the Women's Interparliamentary Cooperation Group, and by specially designated officials in every government Ministry.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Integration Ministry of Defence Ministry of Transport and Equipment Ministry of Internal Affairs and Security Ministry of Administration and Territory Centre for Strategic Studies

Research studies Description of Women's Cooperatives , October 2000, conducted by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, the Panhellenic Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives Unions and the Ministry of Agriculture.

Vice Ministry of Social Welfare (Ministry of the Interior)

Vice Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health and Sports)

Vice Ministry of Hydrocarbons (Ministry of Mining and Hydrocarbons)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Defence Civil Aviation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Finance, Customs Department

The Ministry of Education and Culture, together with the Women's Bureau, had defined a public policy and set up a programme aimed at achieving gender equality.