title: 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.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
keywords: 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