Among other things, this Act regulated the payment of benefits to self employed women during pregnancy and maternity leave and adoption leave.

Women have the right to pregnancy and maternity leave of 140 calendar days.

The Labor Law (1998) protects the workingwomen on issues regarding pregnancy and maternity leave.

(e) Review and clearance of funding agreements, preparation of financial reports to donor countries in compliance with agreements

Special arrangements for travel on appointment, change of duty station, education grant, home leave, family visit and repatriation travel

However, there are some basic provisions that must be accorded to all employees by law such as annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave and safe working conditions.

(a) ProFi substantive main modules (also known as ProFi phase 2) supporting all phases of the project life cycle project formulation, project portfolio, project clearance and project progress report

Maternity leave (sick leave), to which a woman has the right with the reimbursement of salary in the amount of average salary earned by her three months before the start of maternity leave, should be dealt with separately.

During pregnancy, maternal leave and the first twelve months after delivery, female workers can temporarily delay the unilateral termination of their contracts and extend the time limit for consideration on disciplinary measures, except in case of the business being closed down.

The allowances and benefits in general available to internationally recruited staff members include payment of travel expenses upon initial appointment and on separation for themselves and their spouses and dependent children, removal of household effects, non resident's allowance, home leave, education grant and repatriation grant.

Pregnancy and maternity leave cannot influence employment security, because the labour law forbids pregnancy tests on employment, i.e. firing women for the sole reason of their pregnancy and maternity leave is not allowed and it represents a severe offence.

It was also pointed out that, besides States' intentions and the conditions, the authorization, the authority or the deciding factors which gave an act its legal effect, if the topic was to be thoroughly studied consideration must be given to the revocability of a unilateral act.

Transparency and accountability in ENA were reinforced with clearance and review of assessment reports by the Project Review Committee and highlighting of the responsibility of country and regional directors in ensuring quality ENAs a tracking system was established to monitor preparation, submission, clearance and quality control.

Amended legislation on maternity, adoptive leave, parental leave, equality, the introduction of tax individualization and reductions in the tax burden on work, the development of a childcare infrastructure and women's educational achievements had all brought about that increase.