a culture of human rights, implementing voluntary pledges and commitments to the Kingdom of Bahrain, strengthening effective cooperation frameworks and providing support and assistance to national and international mechanisms and institutions related to the protection and promotion of human rights, and achieving the desired goals of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. 3. PRACTICAL REALITY13 3.1 To enforce certain legislation related to the rights of certain most favored groups of the community, such as the elderly, and to reduce inequality between them and other groups in terms of economic empowerment, a special card has been issued to allow this group to obtain 50% discount on public fees and facilitate access to basic amenities. 3.2 As to the efforts to reduce inequality between people with disabilities and their healthy peers, the Ministry of Education provides educational services to this group of students by integrating those who are able to learn of all categories (Down syndrome, autism spectrum, motor, audio and visual disabilities, and minor mental disability) in regular classes in government schools. The number of schools applying the integration program in the current academic year (2018/2019) increased to (81) public schools out of (209) schools. 3.3 In order to reduce inequality in the workplace between women and men, the “Equal Opportunity Committee” was established in (13) For further reading: The practical reality of the implementation of Goal No. 10 of the Sustainable Development Goals (2030) “Reducing inequality within and among countries” in the Kingdom of Bahrain. You can review the Annual Report of the National Human Rights Institution for 2018, Chapter 4: Major issues that have a direct impact on the human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain and their impact on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. To view the report, please visit NIHR website: Annual Reports Section: via the following link: www.nihr.org.bh “Additional Information” Parallel Report of the National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) © 2022 11