The first meeting of the Gender Equality Commissioner, Ms.Josis Christodoulou, with the Council of the National Mechanism for Women's Rights (NMWR) took place today. During the meeting, the Commissioner outlined the objectives of the Governance Policy of the President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Christodoulides, on gender equality issues and stressed that she intends to have a close cooperation not only with the members of the NGM but also with the civil society at large. Procedural issues such as the upgrading of the Office of the Equality Commissioner through its institutionalisation and the upgrading of the role of the EMCDDA Council were also discussed. For their part, the EMCDDA member organisations stressed that they will continue to support the work of the Mechanism as well as the Equality Commissioner since they share the same objectives.
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