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Digitized by UN Library Geneva CEDAW/C/5/Add.50 Page 3 These courses have helped women to acquire greater knowledge and have provided them with the fundamentals of an efficient management capability. (...) Whatever their civil status, women enjoy rights and opportunities equal to those of men in all areas of public, private and family life in civil, political, economic, social and cultural matters." (...) Article 20, paragraph 3, of the Fundamental Law extends equal rights to men and women in all areas of public, private and family life in civil, political, economic, social and cultural matters.

As stipulated in the National Strategy, the Deinstitutionalization is a process of replacing institutional child care with family care or close to family care within the community, without restricting such a process to solely removing children from institutions. (...) The Project ‘I have a Family’ covers actions to decentralize and widen the scope of foster care and develops services in support of foster parents. (...) Since the service onset, a total of 850 foster family applications have been lodged with partner municipalities.

Japan does not regularize irregular migrants after a certain period of residence in the country: many have lived in Japan for several years, sometimes for more than 15 or 20 years, and have founded a family with children born and educated in Japan. They live in permanent fear of deportation, which affects their entire family. (...) The only possibility for migrants to acquire a regular status is the “special permission to stay”. (...) In the case of Noriko Calderon, the Immigration Bureau ordered the deportation of the entire family. Thereafter, it conceded special permission to stay to the child only, allowing her to continue her studies under the care of an appropriate custodian.

Community competencies cover cultural matters, teaching, the use of languages, health policy, family policy, policy regarding persons with disabilities, and other “customizable” matters. (...) According to the authorities, the majority of foreign fighters have a low level of education, come from difficult family circumstances and have been involved in petty crime. (...) Individual programmes aim to reintegrate radicalized youngsters by re-establishing communication with family, as well as providing psychosocial support for parents and families.

She met with Brazilian authorities including at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, of Women, Family and Human Rights, of Citizenship, of Health, of Education, Justice and Public Security and of Economy at the national and state levels. (...) The mental health of persons with albinism was raised regularly in the course of discussions during the Independent Expert’s visit in relation to frequent humiliation and discrimination within the family, the immediate community, from society at large and particularly in schools. (...) Mothers of children with albinism and family members of persons with albinism may need psychosocial support and counselling, as they often encounter stigma relating to albinism.

Turkey, which now occupies a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council, ought to acquire a better understanding of and abide by the provisions of relevant SC resolutions, in particular those referring to the “secessionist acts in the occupied part of the Republic of Cyprus” (UNSC resolution 550). (...) A violation of the right of Greek Cypriots living in northern Cyprus to respect for their private and family life and to respect for their home, as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention. 12.

The system of governance of Qatar is hereditary, in the family of Al Thani and the male line of Hamad ibn Khalifa ibn Hamad ibn Abdullah ibn Jassim. (...) It emphasizes the role of the family as the foundation of society, the mainstays of which are religion, morality and patriotism. It defines the State’s obligations towards the family and evinces concern for young persons, stating that they must be protected from immorality, exploitation and the evils of physical, mental and spiritual neglect, and provided with conditions favourable to the development of their potential.

The ITS programme was initially aimed to provide training to foreign workers recruited by Korean companies to acquire improved skills and enhance their performance. (...) The EPS programme does not apply to migrant workers employed for domestic services and family reunification is not allowed. The family reunification for over 10,000 workers has been a pending issue over years. 24. (...) One of the most contentious issues is family reunification. A/HRC/4/24/Add.2 page 13 V.

In fact, it has traditionally been associated with misfortune or punishment in the family, caused by ancestral spirits or witchcraft. (...) Persons with HIV/AIDS who acquire an impairment face higher levels of discrimination and must be given access to services for persons with disabilities. (...) However, she noted with concern the practice, common among employers, of encouraging the early retirement on medical grounds of workers who acquire an impairment at work, instead of investing in their reintegration in the labour market. 54.

Currently the only legislative reference to water resources management is a provision in the Constitution for Government and councils to acquire freshwater resources during drought emergency periods. (...) The paradoxical situation resides in the fact that poorer people often live in small houses with their extended family, so that, as witnessed by the Special Rapporteur, a large family living in a small house in an informal settlement, for instance, has much less capacity to harvest water due to the size of the roof. (...) The Government provided a flat amount of water for each family, except for families with babies. While distribution points were established to distribute water, some people with limited mobility told the Special Rapporteur that they needed to seek assistance from their neighbours to collect water.