Myanmar hands over ASEAN Confederation of Women’s Organizations Presidency to Singapore

MYANMAR Women’s Affairs Federation and ASEAN Confederation of Women’s Organizations (ACWO) held a Handing Over Ceremony of 18th to 19th ACWO at the Mingalar Thiri Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

At the ceremony, organized jointly by the Myanmar National Committee for Women’s Affairs and the ACWO, Singapore was handed the 19th ACWO Presidency.

The chairman of the Myanmar National Committee for Women’s Affairs and Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement, Dr. Win Myat Aye, spoke at the ceremony.

“The Myanmar National Committee for Women’s Affairs has been reorganized in accordance with the politics, economy, and civilization of the country, and new policies have been framed.

The Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association, the Myanmar Women and Children Life Promotion Organization, the Myanmar Women Entrepreneur’s Association, the Gender Equality Network, the Women’s Organizations Network, and the Orphans Reduction and Protection Association are making efforts towards women’s development, elimination of violence, and addressing issues faced by women and young ladies,” he said.

“Draft laws on Prevention and Protection of Violence against Women and on Prostitution have been drawn up by the head of the Myanmar National Committee for Women’s Affairs. We have reviewed the implementation of the National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women (2013-2022) by the ministries. We reviewed and imposed guidelines for the collaboration of development partnership organizations, and the support of civil society for the needs of the people. Myanmar is also actively implementing ASEAN Committee on Women and ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children’s Work Plan (2016- 2020),” he added.

Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief, and Re-settlement, U Soe Aung, representatives from the Myanmar Women’s Affairs, and ASEAN partnership women’s organizations attended the ceremony.

MNA

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(Translated by Myat Thandar Aung)

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar