Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Yemen: Civil service minister discusses women employment issues

SANA'A, Sep. 08 (Saba)- Minister of Civil Service and Insurance Yahya al-Shuaiby discussed on Monday with deputy chairwoman of the National Committee for Women Huria Mashhour a number of issues related to women, coming on top women employment process and increasing ratio of employing women in the governmental sector, specially in sectors of education and health.

The meeting dealt with structure of the National Committee for Women and its institutional built. They affirmed the importance of disseminating media message that supports women and integrating them in the labor market in accordance with trends of the government and its development policies.

The minister said that "the civil service is currently undergoing a provisional period and will change into a ministry to draw policies consisting of three sectors."

For her part, Mashhour reviewed recommendations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) which recommends increasing the number of women in the workforce, specially in the governmental sector.

- AM/AM Saba

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