Civil service minister discusses women employment issues

SANA'A, Sep. 08 (Saba)- Minister of Civil Service and Insurance
Yahya al-Shuaiby discussed on Monday with deputy chairwoman of the
National Committee for Women Huria Mashhour a number of issues
related to women, coming on top women employment process and
increasing ratio of employing women in the governmental sector,
specially in sectors of education and health.

The meeting dealt with structure of the National Committee for Women
and its institutional built.

They affirmed the importance of disseminating media message that
supports women and integrating them in the labor market in
accordance with trends of the government and its development
policies.

The minister said that "the civil service is currently undergoing a
provisional period and will change into a ministry to draw policies
consisting of three sectors."

For her part, Mashhour reviewed recommendations of the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
which recommends increasing the number of women in the workforce,
specially in the governmental sector.