These extended family members tend to gather often for family events and to feel responsible for helping and supporting one another, both emotionally and financially.

Sexual assault and coercion can occur at all stages of a woman's life, whether in the context of marriage, between close family or extended family members, between acquaintances or total strangers.

Living in an extended family provides many things that a nuclear family does not.

Family planning services have currently been extended to youth.

Ms. Eteuati Shon (Samoa), replying to questions by Ms. Saiga, said that the extended family included all members of the chiefly title holder's family, whether or not they were resident in the home village.

Problems range from small disputes over property, often between members of an extended family, to multiple ownership titles as well as illegal occupation and confiscation of property by others.

The extended family, indeed, remains central even in the large enterprise sector.

Family members of insured parties,

16.1 The family in Vanuatu includes the extended family which consists of the children's grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and in laws.

She felt rejected by her extended family as a result of a failed marriage.

An extended family is a family that extends beyond the immediate family, consisting of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins all living nearby or in the same household.

The basic family unit is the extended family, although there has been a growing trend towards nuclear families for socio economic reasons.

Ms. Moufarrej (Lebanon) said that the figures showed that there had been improvements in the situation of rural women, in terms of numbers of family members, use of family planning, political participation and education, which was currently being extended to the remoter rural areas.

Most members of this family are insectivores.

Official travel of family members established offices

We grew up listening to my mother and father communicate in English, and the communication with aunts and uncles, close friends, and other members of our extended family was always in that language too.

I worry because all around me, even within my extended family, I see religion being manipulated.

And the group is growing, as children get married, and so their extended family gets added.

The term can refer to any extended family, polyamorous or to a polygamy of any type.

We therefore believe that the veto power should not be extended to new members.

They are highly specialized members of the family.

Registration of family members accompanying delegates and participants

We had one particular family where all members of the family were hitting each other.

The family economic unit has always been dependent on specialized labor done by family members.

The union has initiated two major legislation amendments, one regarding the need to broaden the definition of family member in the Penal Law, to include family members such as foster family members and cousins.

One woman loses 15, maybe 20, members of her family.

Family members have been lost, homes destroyed, and livelihoods ruined.

By the same token, our mental image of the multigenerational extended family needs to include those in the West.

Economic background Economic background has become a very prominent factor in the likelihood of living in an extended family.

Ties between families are strong and of vital importance to ni Vanuatu who rely on each other for social and cultural survival and it has traditionally been the role of the extended family to provide security and livelihood for its members.

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By contrast, the extended family is giving way in India to nuclear families, which now account for 64 of households.

He or members of his family nurture large overseas bank accounts.

One of the family members, Yasser al Ayaf, tweeted his encounter

Members of each family have very similar chemical and physical properties.

Care of persons with disability are left mostly to family members.

A political family or political dynasty is a family in which several members are involved in politics, particularly electoral politics.

As has been practiced from time immemorial, social security for the majority of the population is cared by the extended family.

Anyone whose family members were unjustly killed should voice the same request.

Family members say Majid may go back to jail in few days.

They are also a time when the value of the extended family network can really be seen in action. In the past marriages were arranged between the bridegroom's family and the family of the bride, usually through uncles or a highly placed male in the family.

This extended even to members of the clergy, who came together to call for unity in flood relief efforts.

We sincerely thank the international community, the members here, for the understanding and solidarity they have extended to us.

The Law defines among which family members there can be family violence, while the victim can be any member of the family, regardless of gender and age.

The PRONAF is structured as a credit for the family unit and requires the commitment of all of the family members.