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Decree No. 14/2007 on the National Strategy on Gender Equity (ENIEG).

Country/Territory
Sao Tome and Principe
Document type
Regulation
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
DIÁRIO DA REPÚBLICA, No. 25, 3 July 2007.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Institution Gender
Geographical area
Africa, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force immediately.
Abstract

This Decree is composed of five articles and one Annex. It adopts the National Strategy on gender Equity (ENIEG), as the national reference framework for the all development patterns present at national level. The country signed the declaration and program of action of the Beijing World Conference held under the theme “Equality, Development and Peace”, it ratified the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (C.E.D.A.W. ) and Conventions 100 and 111 of the International Labor Organization (O.I.T) on equal pay and discrimination in matters of employment and occupation, adopted the Millennium Development Goals, whose objective 3 is devoted to the promotion of equality between the sexes and the empowerment of women.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Decree No. 67/2014 on the National Strategy on Gender Equity (ENIEG).

Legislation | Sao Tome and Principe | 2014

Keyword: Gender, Sustainable development, Equity, Governance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX