We particularly hope that the necessary infrastructures will be created which will allow women farmers to combine their working and family life and have quality of life.
There must therefore be policies that promote an extensive and tightly-knit network of small and medium-sized family farms and the development of local and regional markets.
Elementary rights, such as the right to have contact with family members and legal counsel, are often granted only on a restricted basis or disregarded altogether.
With regard to the conditions for exercising the right to family reunification, we maintain the reasons of public order, security and public health when it comes to granting that right.
Put yourselves in the shoes of a real family, and imagine the message that is being sent out to the children and teenagers.
The report makes some positive improvements, widening the concept of the family, eliminating or simplifying some bureaucracy, and guaranteeing more rights than those planned initially.
There are alternatives; the most important thing is that people are committed to each other, that they have a family life.
Most countries now allow partners to be officially registered and this category therefore needs to be included in the definition of family members.
Activities relating to care of the elderly, or those stemming from the need to reconcile professional and family life are clear examples.
What, for example, is the cost of a long-hours culture in terms of damage to family life, damage to children and marital dysfunction?
