Alongside those centers, which are supervised by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, there are also private child care centers as well as home care through nursemaids.

Childcare costs have risen dramatically in recent years, in part due to improvements in the pay of childcare personnel.

Lack of service and facilities such as day care centers and facilities As for 2003, out of 1,700 day care facilities, only 36 were located in Arab communities comprising only 2 of day care centers, while Palestinian children comprise 30 of all children in Israel.23

In the Jewish sector, 63.2 of the mothers take advantage of day care centers.

The Social Services Department in the Ministry of Social Affairs refers children to day care centers due to dysfunctional family situations these day care centers also care for working mothers' children.

At the end of 2003 there were approximately 191,000 childcare places.

With most children in part time care, each place is used by 1.8 children.

Concerning childcare facilities, the State party had indicated that most childcare centres, for children aged 2 to 5, were operated by the churches and non governmental organizations, but there was a gap in childcare services for children up to 2 years old (CEDAW PSWG 2005 I CRP.2 Add.6, p. 22).

The Ministry will provide matching grants to all establishments wishing to set up crèches.

Childcare Act

Families with childcare costs receive assistance through the Child Care Benefit in addition, the Government is introducing a new 30 per cent childcare tax rebate.

There continues to be a shortage of essential items in secondary schools, universities and day care centres, such as items relating to hygiene and personal care, children's clothing, school uniforms and shoes and, in the case of day care centres, essential electrical appliances such as washing machines and irons.

Childcare

For instance the Ministry of Women Development has a childcare facility, as does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the period covered by this report, the government invested heavily in childcare.

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The Ministry of Women Development has started a project to help various working establishments set up crèches for children of their employees.

Women have enjoyed a wide range of social services such as day care center, kindergarten, domestic work, processed food, etc.

In the second half of the 1990s the number of children less than 3 years old placed in child care institutions rose and a number of crèches were re opened.

The results are similar the quality of child care offered by the Early Childhood Centres is better than what is provided by private day care centers.

The existing tax measures for childcare will be incorporated into the Childcare Act.

There were admittedly too few places in childcare centres, and the costs were higher than the European average, although outside Dublin a parent paid less than the 20 per cent figure cited.

The fiscal advantage for employers who contribute to their employees' childcare costs and that for parents paying for childcare were increased in 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Ms. Ngoma (Gabon) said that public and private nurseries were available for the children of all working women.

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There are currently 1,600 day care centers and 2,300 family care centers, attended by 68,000 working mother's children and 14,000 welfare referred children.

They include the Government's universal health insurance scheme (Medicare) and its assistance for families with childcare costs (the Child Care Benefit).

Researches have found that the most important factor to women participation in the labor market is the availability of day care centers that provide an educational framework to children.

There will be more practical support to parents to help them prepare for employment and to assist with childcare, including over 85,000 new childcare places.

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In principle, all posts can be filled by part time workers, and all personnel have access to childcare services.

At present, the system of day care center and kindergarten is being expanded under various forms, for example public, semi public and private in both city and rural areas.

They send their child to a part time nursery.

All day school, daycare centres for children and infants

A similar situation prevails in the construction, maintenance and repair of schools and other educational institutions and in the availability of school furniture, with day care centres being the most affected.

ECD dollars have also been used to enhance Child Day Care Services.

The percentage that employers contribute towards childcare costs is studied every year. In 2003, 63 of

Childcare facilities are also not generally provided in the private sector.

We have a pram service on Tuesday mornings for mums and their pre school children.

If you think nursery, kindergarten, first years of school are just dedicated to take away the children, to make them used to staying long hours away from their family.

Even more threatened than children from poor families are orphans and those entrusted with their care by the social welfare system, because all these systems are too weak in material terms to provide proper care.

To help protect women's childbearing and reproductive rights, the Government encouraged the creation of childcare services within the workplace.

South Korea s female labor force participation rate is even lower than in Japan, where there are waiting lists for childcare. Moreover, South Korea has underinvested in day care centers, with firms rarely offering childcare support.

Some Government entities do provide some form of child care facilities.

The Committee welcomes the availability of such support services as nurseries, kindergartens, children's wards, kitchens in workplaces and breastfeeding breaks for working mothers, as well as the use of temporary special measures to increase the number of women in certain management positions.