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COMMISSION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN STATEMENT CONCERNING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICERS ON MATERNITY AND PATERNITY LEAVE
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09/07/2001
09/07/2001
| The Commission for the Advancement of Women, within | the Ministry for Social Policy, wishes to express its satisfaction with MPO Circular No. 47/2001, concerning the developments in the appointment of public officers who are on a period of absence from work on Maternity and Parental Leave. |
| The Circular establishes that public officers who | qualify for an appointment during Maternity and Parental Leave will be granted their due appointment even if they are unable to resume duties within the validity period of the appointment. The Commission sees this as another positive development that builds upon the Government’s gender mainstreaming policy in the Public Service by facilitating the reconciliation of work and family responsibilities for women and men. |
| Statistics show that although there are some men who | make use of Parental Leave, women form the large majority of employees who avail themselves of this Leave. In fact out of a total of 564 public officers on parental leave, only nine (9) are male (June 2001). The Commission thus sees this development as a further step in the advancement of women that will lead to a significant enhancement of their career progression. This should be reflected in an increase in the number of women who move from lower and middle positions to higher grades. |
| Without doubt this is another family-friendly measure | introduced by Government that enables women to balance their work and family responsibilities and enhances their career advancement. The Government is once again being the prime mover and catalyst of change. The Commission for the Advancement of Women advocates that the private sector emulates Government’s initiatives in the field of gender equality and thus offer similar opportunities for their workers. |
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