The vice president in women and family affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi, here on Monday put emphasis on utilizing women’s capacities in implementing and promoting resistance economy.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an official decree in February 2014 called on the government to secure the utilization of the country’s resources, struggle to promote a knowledge-based economy, take efforts to increase energy consumption efficiency and boost domestic production as the requirements for the materialization of the resistance economy.

The department of women and family affairs has made immediate efforts in solving urgent problems of women in the previous years, Molaverdi said, adding, “several agreements have been signed in this regard.”

“We hope that the current year (1395, beginning March 20), to be the year of fulfilling the promised cooperation between the department and other executive organizations,” she added.

We also hope for achieving outstanding goals in empowering women and children this year and the coming year, the vice president noted. / tehran times /