Thirty-three provinces sign MoU on women`s empowerment
Antara News, Tuesday, June 15, 2010 03:58 WIB
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Thirty-three provinces Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry for Women`s Empowerment and Child Protection on harmonizing and synchronizing the central and regional governments` programs in the fields of women`s empowerment and child protection.
"This (Mou) is a kind of joint commitment we have ever made," Minister for Women`s Empowerment and Child Protection Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar said after a national coordination meeting on women`s empowerment and child protection in Bekasi east of here.
Under the MoU, both the central and provincial governments were committed to focus on achieving the goals of medium-term development plan, strategic plan and national development priority particularly in the fields of women`s empowerment and child protection.
The MoU underscored the importance of harmonizing and synchronizing the central and provincial governments` programs in the areas of women`s empowerment and child protection.
"There will be no administrative sanctions related to the commitment. But we hope the signing of MoU will lay a basis for each region to focus their attention on the programs," she said.
She expressed her belief that each province was looking forward to promoting their regions by developing programs in the fields of women`s empowerment and child protection.
"Hence, even if there will be no administrative sanctions each of the regions will implement the joint commitment well," she said.
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