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CommitteeFunctionsPublic WorksandInfrastructureWomen andFamilySocial Welfareand CommunityDevelopmentTourism, Tradeand IndustryAll matters relating to planning, construction, maintenance,improvement, repair of public edifices; drainage, sewerage, flood controland protection; irrigation and water utilities; encroachments and illegalconstruction in public places.All matters relating to women’s rights including girl/child rights, protectionand welfare of women and family, measures to protect working womenby providing safe and healthful working conditions, taking into accounttheir reproductive functions, and such facilities and opportunities that willenhance their welfare and potentials; measures to protect the rights ofspouses and children including assistance for proper care and nutrition,and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty,exploitation and other forms of conditions prejudicial to theirdevelopment; measures to protect the rights of families to participate inthe planning and implementation of policies and programs that affectthem; and other assistance that will safeguard the development ofwomen and family.All matters relating to public and social welfare and ameliorativeservices; public social services for the disadvantaged groups in thesociety including the elderly, the disabled, street children, drugdependents, criminal offenders and squatters.All matters relating to the promotion, establishment and operation of allkinds of trade and industry, including tourism and cooperativesdevelopment and other economic enterprises; inspection, weighing andmeasuring of articles of commerce; consumer protection; accreditation ofnongovernmental organizations and people’s organizations.68