At the same time, several statutory schemes facilitate the combination of work and care.

Even the US government, with debt duration of about four years, would be unlikely to benefit much from an inflation surprise, unless it were huge. Meanwhile, the bulk of its obligations are social security and health care, which cannot be inflated away.

Accurately assessing maritime operations success requires time and care, because naval capabilities cannot be built up quickly.

Part time employment provides scope for the long term adjustment of working hours to the requirements and obligations of combining work and care.

At the same time, Japan s demographic trends will boost demand for fiscal expenditure, as pension and health care costs rise.

Work and Care Act

Health care was free of charge.

At the same time, the state must improve the quality and delivery of education, health care, and security, while minimizing corruption and administrative abuses.

In terms of providing for nursing and care staff, much is being done to offer better career perspectives and improve promotion to senior positions.

The efforts of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport are focused on supporting initiatives in the sector itself to make part time work a feasible option.

Basic health and welfare

Health, health care services

Ministry of Health and Welfare

Ministry of Health and Welfare

Also, in December 2001 the Research Centre for Gender Equality worked out a study on Management of Mental Illness .

Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport

The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport encourages the recruitment of more women to management positions in the healthcare sector and has made it possible for medical specialists to work part time.

Family environment and alternative care

Basic health and welfare

Family environment and alternative care

Separation from parents and alternative care

Basic health and welfare

Basic health and welfare

Basic health and welfare

Combining work and care

Combining work and care

Women from ethnic minorities and health care

Health care was provided free of charge.

The qualitative indices for the status of women on the labour market are now being enhanced somewhat.

Data from Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.

In addition, 214 unemployed women were given permanent work in small businesses and on dekhkan farms that were created, including the following

Women who head families are mainly employed in the production and sales of farm products.

pregnant women, depending on a medical finding, are allowed reduced work output and service standards or they are transferred to a lighter job that precludes exposure to adverse production factors and in which their average monthly wage remains the same as that of their previous job

Traditional and religious standards restrict the opportunities for women to realize their own economic interests on a par with men.

Plans call for educational work with women on the topic Family, hygiene and health .

Combining work and care and older women

Currently there is no national information centre for water and sanitation, which is due in part to the institutional weakness of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPAS), the lead agency.

The following key initiatives have also been supported Early childhood education and care programs Child care work environments Support for families Professional standards, quality and accountability, sustainability and funding of quality programs and Communication and public awareness of child care educators and the programs services they provide.

Children deprived of a family environment and alternative care

Combining Work and Care and Spatial Development

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Social Welfare and Special Education became a separate ministry.

Encouraged that an increasing number of companies in the private sector are offering prevention, care and treatment services to employees and their families, while noting the need for continued efforts in this regard,

Apart from the two Consultation Centres for Violence against Women of the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, which operate in Athens and Piraeus, and the branches of K.E.TH.I.

Combining work and care in rural areas