Dr Ammar Qurabi
Pro-woman rights arrangements:
Syria has taken firm steps to maintain the woman rights, represented in the establishment of the Syrian Agency for Family Affairs under law no. 42 of 2003, creating new laws in favor of women and amending some old laws to overcome the obstacles against woman development and equality with the man. Article 78 of Law No. 35, issued in 2002;
provided that a woman inherits a retirement pension, in addition to law no 18 of 2003 to increase the custody age to be 13 for the boy and 15 for the girl. Moreover, Legislative Decree No. 35 of 13 May 2002, which amends Article 54 of the Public Service Law (No. 1) of 1985, provides for full salary maternity leave for 120 days for the first child, 90 days for the second, and 75for the third. According to the new law nursing mothers is entitled to one- hour nursing period per day until her baby reaches the age of one year. The government already provides national childcare for a small fee in schools and workplaces
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