International Women's Issues: Hearing and Briefing Before the Subcommittees on International Organizations and on International Development of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, March 8 and 22, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 157 pagini |
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Pagina 21 - Congress, recognizing the fact that "women in developing countries play a significant role in economic production, family support, and the overall development process," required that US bilateral aid "be administered so as to give particular attention to those programs, projects and activities which tend to integrate women into the national economies of foreign countries, thus improving their status and assisting the total development effort.
Pagina 46 - ... of women, particularly those living in rural sectors and for the urban poor and thus facilitate th'e full participation of women in community, national and international affairs; (n) The establishment of an inter-disciplinary and multi-sectoral machinery within the government for accelerating the achievement of equal opportunities for women and their full integration into national life.
Pagina 145 - East: Staff members make a social soundness analysis of each project, Including Its effect on women. Bureau takes overall look at each project proposal and pays special attention to women's participation. Report on "Integrating Women Into National Economies: Programming Considerations with Special Reference to the Near East
Pagina 46 - Provision for parity in the exercise of civil, social and political rights such as those pertaining to marriage, citizenship and commerce...
Pagina 7 - ... if I understood you correctly, was more or less for higher education, the creation of Indian colleges, and conversion of military bases. You probably, I am sure, have developed a program in regard to the Bureau of Indian Affairs schools and high schools as well, and I hope that those ideas would be made a part of the record. I think it would be helpful to have. Mr. BRIGHTMAN. "We have a definite program which we have designed for Indian education. Incidentally, while I was at my home reservation...
Pagina 9 - Taking these factors into account makes composting appear very favorable indeed. But even if the cost were greater it would be money well spent. At this point I would like to introduce into the record an article regarding the use of the water-hyacinth in cleaning over-enriched lakes in Florida.9 It has been brought to my attention as I sat typing this paper ! IV.
Pagina 125 - ... similar assistance agencies should give high priority to the implementation of existing US legislation and policies designed to promote the integration of women into the development plans for their respective countries. They should also continue to study the impact on women in the developing world of US Government aid and commercial development programs over which government has any regulatory powers. These agencies should actively promote the involvement of these women in determining their own...
Pagina 124 - AID, and others) should see to it that many more women, of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, participate in the formulation and execution of all aspects of United States foreign policy. Efforts should be intensified to appoint more women as ambassadors and to all US delegations to international conferences and missions to the United Nations. Women in citizen voluntary organizations concerned with international affairs should be consulted more in the formulation of policy and procedures. The foreign...
Pagina 126 - Convention on Equal Remuneration (1951). US action — none. E. Convention on the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation or the Prostitution of Others (1951). US action — none. F. UNESCO Convention Against Discrimination in Education (1962). US action — none.
Pagina 3 - To ensure the full integration of women in the total development effort, especially by emphasizing women's responsibility and important role in economic, social and cultural development at the national, regional and international levels, particularly during the Second United Nations Development Decade.