EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 241 - CREATING A STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE PROPER OBSERVANCE OF THE FAMILY WEEK

WHEREAS, Section 12, Article II of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines provides that the state recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution;

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 60 dated 28 September 1992 declares the last week of September and every year thereafter as the Family Week; 

WHEREAS, the government recognizes the significance of strengthening the Filipino family’s unity, solidarity and stability, in view of its socio-economic contributions to national development; and,

WHEREAS, there is a need to create a steering committee that shall plan to implement programs and activities to ensure wider and more active participation from the private and public sectors for the nationwide observance of the Family Week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the creation of the Steering Committee for the Proper Observance of the Family Week.

Section 1. Composition. — The Steering Committee for the Proper Observance of the Family Week shall be composed of the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development, as Chairperson and the following, as members:

a. Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports;

b. Secretary of Health;

c. Secretary of the Interior and Local Government;

d. Head, Presidential Management Staff;

e. Presidential Adviser for Youth Affairs; 

f. Chairperson, National Commission on the Role of Filipino
  Women;

g. Presidential Assistant for Social Development;

h. Director-General, Kabisig People’s Movement;

i. National President, Parents-Teachers Association;

j. One (1) representative from the National Ecumenical
Consultative Council; and,

k.   One (1) representative from non-government organization
   and the private sector.