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NEWS or FARCE - MYANMAR'S Holds WOM
- Subject: NEWS or FARCE - MYANMAR'S Holds WOM
- From: Rangoonp@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 19:02:00
Subject: NEWS or FARCE - MYANMAR'S Holds WOMEN'S Conference
NOTE: How accurate and true are these numbers? Since the education
centers have been closed for about 4 years, how then can Women's level
of education increase ??
MYANMAR'S Holds WOMEN'S Conference
Xinhua
06-DEC-98
YANGON (Dec. 7) XINHUA - A four-day conference on
women sponsored by the National Committee for Women's
Affairs (NCWA) began here on Sunday.
The conference, the first of its kind in Myanmar, aims to
promote the quality of life and ensure regular and
sustainable opportunities for women, safeguard the cultural
heritage by women and enhance their full participation in
the
nation-building endeavor.
Attending the conference are delegates of the NCWA,
government departments and non-governmental
organizations.
Myanmar is carrying out a national action plan to speed up
efforts for improving women's condition in the country in
line
with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted
at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in
1995.
After the Beijing conference, Myanmar formed the NCWA in
1996 to carry out the country's development project for
women.
The NCWA has been able to adopt systematic plans and
projects for uplifting the role of women all over the
country
and success has been reportedly achieved.
Of Myanmar's total population of 46.4 million in the 1997-98
fiscal year, 23.6 million or 50.34 percent are women,
according to official statistics.
A census conducted in 1994 showed that 46 percent of
Myanmar women above the age of 10 were in the labor force
in 1990.
Meanwhile, the national literacy rate of women has gone up
to 71.3 percent.