Philippine Targets and Strategies for Full Participation of Women in Socio-Economic Development 1980-1985
Letter of Instructions No. 1066, issued on September 18, 1980, directs key government ministers in the Philippines to implement strategies for the full participation of women in socio-economic development from 1980 to 1985. This initiative follows the outcomes of the World Conference on the United Nations Decade for Women held in Copenhagen. The Ministers of Labor and Employment, Education and Culture, and Health are tasked with focusing on priority areas and coordinating their efforts through the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women. They must provide progress reports to the President every six months until the end of the UN Decade for Women. Immediate compliance with these directives is mandated.
September 18, 1980
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1066
| TO | : | The Honorable |
| The Minister of Labor and Employment | ||
| The Minister of Education and Culture | ||
| The Minister of Health | ||
| SUBJECT | : | Philippine Targets and Strategies for Full Participation of Women in Socio-Economic Development 1980-1985 |
In order to insure the effective implementation of targets and strategies resulting from the just concluded World Conference on the United Nations Decade for Women held in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Ministries of Labor and Employment, Education and Culture, and Health are hereby directed to look into the priority areas as spelled out in the Targets and Strategies for the Full Participation of Women in Socio-Economic Development 1980-1985, copy of which is hereto attached. casia
I further direct Minister Blas Ople of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Director Mona D. Valisno of the Ministry of Education and Culture, and Director Gloria Aragon of the Philippine General Hospital, all three Commissioners representing Labor, Education, and Health, respectively, in the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, to coordinate on the recommended National Targets and Strategies, effective immediately, and to make a progress report to the President every six months until 1985 which marks the culmination of the UN Decade for Women.
Immediate and strict compliance with this Letter of Instructions is desired.
DONE in Manila, this 18th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty. cd i