Back to WomenWatch national action plans. To the Top of the Page. It has being made available in electronic format from the form received. Despite of this, there are reasons why to discuss specific position of women. They are the maternity and the physiological differences that cause increased demands for the health care and better labour conditions. To achieve the harmony between the maternity function and the professional realization of women is one of the most complicated problems for women - mothers, families and societies.
As to our national cultural values we state that - woman and man are two different identities of a human being complementing each other who realize themselves in different life roles, - despite the differences men and women demand equal development possibilities and equal legal treatment in human and civil rights, - maternity and paternity mean for women and men one way of their personality realization. This deserves the respect of the society.
The priorities of the Slovak government are: I. To bring to real life equal opportunities for women in the family, at work and in the society Provisions: Promote and monitor human and civil rights of women. Promote the principle division of the statistics data according to sex. Promote the supervision of safe labour conditions for women. Help women in finding jobs, mainly to women with health problems, family duties and other problems.
Support the services for education and child care. Increase the legal knowledge of women in labour and family law. Support the establishment of the "ombudsman" to supervise human rights in all spheres. Supplement the legislation regarding regional and local responsibilities for housing conditions. From the tax incomes the towns should be able to finance the investments in housing and services, mainly for women and families.
Find a legislative way to solve housing problems after divorce, provide allowances for housing and state economic provisions to help the housing policy. Provisions: Enlarge possibilities for women in their choice between maternal and professional roles.
