title: Accord No. 00243, 9 February 1988.
abstract: This Accord sets forth the Regulations of the Organic Functions of the Ministry of Social Welfare of Ecuador.  The following are among the Departments of the Ministry:  1) on the advisory level, the National Council of Minors; 2) on the operative level, the National Directorate for the Protection of Minors, consisting of the Department for the Protection of Minors, the Department for the Rehabilitation of Minors, the Department of Integral Health for Minors, and the Legal-Social Department for the protection of Minors; and a National Directorate of Women, consisting of a Technical Department and a Department of Promotion and Development.  The functions of the National Directorate of Women are as follows: 1) to promote the participation of women and women's organizations, encouraging their incorporation into the socioeconomic development of the country; 2) to encourage and orient on a national level the creation of women's groups; 3) to advise and coordinate in the state and private sector the execution of programs and projects designed to improve the condition of Ecuadoran women; 4) to direct and execute programs  and projects for women; 5) to promote the strengthening of women's organizations striving to obtain self-management for women and raise their standards of living; 6) to give opinions on the approval of statutes of women's organizations; 7) to supervise the implementation of programs and projects undertaken by organizations that receive contributions from the Ministry; 8) to direct and supervise the organization of a register of information related to women's organizations; and 9) to  promote the dissemination of information for the implementation of programs and projects of the Directorate relating to women's organizations.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D002662:Child Health Services; D003253:Consultants; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004484:Ecuador; D006262:Health; D006285:Health Planning; D006296:Health Services; D007843:Latin America; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011639:Public Opinion; D011640:Public Policy; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013020:South America; D014930:Women; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Advisory Services--legal aspects; Age Factors; Americas; Child Health Services--legal aspects; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Ecuador; Health; Health Services; Interest Groups; Latin America; Legislation; Maternal-child Health Services; Minors--legal aspects; Organization And Administration; Political Factors; Population; Population Characteristics; Primary Health Care; Program Activities; Programs; Social Protection; Social Welfare--legal aspects; Socioeconomic Factors; South America; Women In Development--legal aspects; Women's Groups--legal aspects; Women's Status