Decree No. 88-390/PCMS/MSP/AS/CF determining the duties of the Secretary of State for Public Health and Social Affairs, charged with social affairs and the status of women, 24 November 1988.
This Order provides that the Secretary of State of the Niger is charged with the following, among other things: 1) overseeing the formulation and implementation of legislation relating to social affairs, family planning (FP), and the condition of women; 2) contributing to the formulation of a Family Code in concert with the concerned ministries; 3) promoting research in FP; 4) participating in the promotion of information, sensitization, and education of the population, particularly youth, with a view of combating social diseases, in concert with concerned ministries; 5) ensuring the integration of women into the process of the economic, social, and cultural development of the country; 6) promoting the organization and mobilization of women with a view towards their full participation in carrying out activities and programs that work toward their development, in collaboration with women's institutions, movements, and associations; 7) intensifying and/or supervising all development projects essentially executed by women, in collaboration with concerned ministries; 8) ensuring the supervision and control of women's associations, movements, and institutions; and coordinating the activities undertaken by these organizations with respect to women; and 9) controlling the management of projects relating to social affairs, FP, and the status of women.
D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000354:Africa, Western; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D006285:Health Planning; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009548:Niger; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011057:Politics; D011639:Public Opinion; D011640:Public Policy; D012922:Social Change; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014930:Women; D014933:Women's Rights
Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Family Planning Policy; Family Policy; French Speaking Africa; Interest Groups; Legislation; Niger; Organization And Administration; Policy; Political Factors; Population Policy; Program Activities; Programs; Social Development--women; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Western Africa; Women's Groups; Women's Status--legal aspects