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LAO-2012-L-95116
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Title_of_text
Women's Union Law (No. 31 NA).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Adopted on (Date of text)
2012
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Law seeks to better empower women and promote gender equality in society. The Law contains 54 articles and, inter alia, provides that the government is required to create an organisational mechanism for women in order to promote their empowerment and gender equality. It also stipulates that the government creates conditions and opportunities to enable more women to become involved in leadership and management at various levels within different organisations.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Lao PDR National Assembly
URL
http://www.na.gov.la
File
LAO95116.pdf (PDF of Law in Lao)