Petition received acknowledging the success of the Hungarian government's support of family values at the 59th meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Civilians have recently started a petition of appreciation for Hungary’s support of family values, which had been signed by more than 22.000 people and was presented on 10 March 2015 to Ms. Katalin Novák, Minister of State for Family and Youth Affairs and H.E. Katalin Annamária Bogyay, Permanent Representative.
Hungary organized a separate high level side-event where Minister of State Novák presented the country’s 100-year-old health visitor system that is of huge assistance for families, especially for women.
Minister of State Novák underlined the importance to create balance between family and work as well as to foster social equality between women and men. For the members of the Ministerial Roundtable she added that this is the core of the employment policy measures of the Hungarian government, which also contribute to the improvement of the status of women.
The aim of the 59th meeting of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women is to review whether there has been any improvement regarding the issue of equality between men and women and how the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action have been implemented in the past 20 years.
8600 participants attended the event where vice-presidents, deputy prime ministers, and almost 90 ministers represented UN member states.
(Ministry of Human Capacities)
