UZ Daily
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a videoconference to further improve the support system for women and further strengthen their status in society.
In the history of our people, along with great scientists and commanders, there were many no less great women who gave life and inspired our ancestors to great deeds. And today the women of our country selflessly work for the benefit of society in various regions and regions. In recent years, a number of laws, decrees and resolutions have been adopted to improve their lives and ensure their rights and interests.
In 2021, 2 trillion soums of loans and subsidies were allocated under women’s entrepreneurship programs for more than 200,000 projects, and 320,000 women received permanent jobs. 190,000 women were trained in professions, more than 4,000 were provided with funds for a down payment to purchase housing.
2,000 girls were admitted to higher educational institutions on the basis of a special grant. As a result, women made up 60 percent of students who entered universities last year.
Since 2020, the “women’s notebook” system has been introduced, about 900 thousand women included in it have been provided with socio-economic, medical, legal and psychological assistance.
The next topical tasks in this direction were discussed at the meeting.
At present, more than 630,000 women are registered in the Women’s Notebook, 200,000 of whom are unemployed. Unfortunately, cases of crime among women, as well as domestic violence and harassment against them, are not uncommon.
The head of our state said that the role and influence of mahalla activists, the public and representatives of the older generation in solving these problems are not felt.
– Both our prosperous life today and our bright future depend on women. If we want our people to be satisfied with us, first of all we must create decent living conditions for our mothers and sisters. If the mother is satisfied, then the family is satisfied, if the family is satisfied, then the society is satisfied,” said Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
This goal is defined as one of the most important directions in the development strategy of our country. For the systematic implementation of the tasks in the field in the context of mahallas, today the State Committee for Family and Women Affairs was established by decree of the President
The chairman of the committee will be both Deputy Prime Minister and a member of the Senate. The heads of the regional, district and city branches of the committee will also hold the position of deputy khokims.
The Committee will manage the Women’s Support Fund and the Women’s Notebook Fund. The positions of deputy chairmen for women and families in 9309 mahallas of the country will also be transferred to the committee system, and the position of a women’s activist will be introduced in each mahalla.
– Now in every district there will be a system that will listen to women. And then on my desk there will be objective figures about what women need and where, how the issues of their education and upbringing of children are,” the head of state said.
Prior to this, women’s issues were dealt with by the Ministry for the Support of Mahalla and Family. In connection with the creation of a separate committee, it was reorganized into the Ministry of Support of the Mahalla and the Older Generation.
It is planned to create a new system in this area as well. In the field, this task will be assigned directly to the khokims, the corresponding position of deputy khokim will be abolished. The chairman of the mahalla will ensure the coordinated activities of the hokim’s assistant, youth leader and women’s activist.
In addition, the activities of the People’s Reception Offices will be organized at the mahalla level.
