Secretary of State holds meeting with representative of UN Women in Kazakhstan (PHOTO)
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakh Secretary of State - chairwoman of the national commission for women, family and demographic policy under the President Gulshara Abdykalikova has met with a representative of "UN Women" in Kazakhstan - director of the multi-branch of "UN Women" in Central Asia Elaine Conkievich.
During the meeting G.Abdykalikova noted the high level of cooperation of Kazakhstan with UN Women organization including in promoting gender equality, compliance with the provisions of the UN convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. With the active assistance of "UN Women" there was developed and adopted the strategy of gender equality in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2006-2016. Secretary of State stressed that, under the new economic policy "Nurly Zhol - The path to the future" the National Commission will fully promote active involvement of women in all implemented infrastructure projects related to the creation of new jobs and industries. G.Abdykalikova and E. Conkievich also discussed prospects for further cooperation in issues of women's employment, women's entrepreneurship support, maternal and child welfare, domestic violence prevention, strengthening of family and moral values.