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This Decree sets forth the organization and duties of the Burundi Ministry of the Family and the Advancement of Women. The Ministry is charged with formulating government policy with respect to the advancement of women, while seeing to it that their advancement has an impact on the whole family. Among the departments of the Ministry are a Family Department and a Department for the Economic Advancement of Women. The first of these is charged with identifying family needs and problems and undertaking activities aimed at improving living conditions and permitting the harmonious development of the whole family. To this end, it has the goal of encouraging the promotion of cultural and artistic activities designed to change attitudes on the place and role of family partners. It is to watch over the educational training of youth and to contribute to safeguarding valuable ancestral values that are more and more compromised. The second department is charged with devising, studying, and executing economic development projects likely to lighten the work of women and improve the quality and quantity of this work. It is to encourage and support female initiatives generating revenue for the family. To this end, it is to formulate and channel all ministerial projects aiming to improve family living conditions and to ensure their execution and supervision. It is to negotiate technical and financial support from external organizations, both international and nongovernmental.
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