(11) The right to education • The recommendation to review the citizenship curriculum content in order to include a number of subjects that develop real culture and practice based on the promotion of respect for human rights. The Ministry of Education made efforts to strengthen the positive image of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and to highlight the core values of tolerance and coexistence, and the rejection of hatred and intolerance through citizenship and human rights education and teaching. In developing curricula, textbooks, and training workshops, the Ministry benefited from the visions of the various stakeholders, especially in matters related to equality between women and men, resisting stereotypes for both genders, rejection of violence against women and children, and the protection of people with special needs. • The recommendation on the control over private education, to make sure that the private educational and training institutions, in particular, private higher education institutions, give priority to the educational and the academic aspects over for-profit education. The Ministry of Education pays special attention to the private education sector as well as to the promotion of citizenship and belonging among students. (12) Women’s Rights ‫اﻟﺘﻘﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﻮي اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﻤﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻟﻮﻃﻨﻴﺔ ﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻧﺴﻨﺎم‬ ‫ ـ ﻣﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﻦ‬2015 ‫ﻟﻌﺎم‬ • The recommendation on the need to take measures in order to grant housing services to Bahraini women married to foreigners in the event of divorce, abandonment, or death of spouse. Royal directives were issued to adopt the fifth category in housing projects, which is a true materialization of the great interest of the His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain to emphasize Bahraini women’s rights to advance them all levels. In addition, her Royal Highness Princess Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa has an unlimited interest and support of to the project’s concept, and she personally follows-up the project to expand the umbrella of Bahraini women’s access to housing services. Furthermore, the Minister of Housing issued the Ministerial Decree No. (909) of 2015, which regulated the right of this category to benefit, which includes “widowers, divorced and abandoned women -not having custody of her children, unmarried and orphan women”. This reflects the eagerness of Bahrain to extend the umbrella of the beneficiaries of the housing services. • The recommendation to expand in the establishment of equal opportunity units in ministries, government agencies, and private sector institutions that did not take the initiative to establish these units, in order to follow up the activation of a national model for the integration of women’s needs in development. A Standing Committee was established, called “Equal Opportunities Commission” in many government agencies and official institutions. 23