minor children. The entity reported that it lacks jurisdiction over this issue.  5) Text of the Recommendation: Summary of the Ministry of Oil and Environment’s response: Work on issuing a broadened personal status law that includes, in addition to family provisions, matters related to inheritance and will status, taking into account the specificity established for each of the two honorable sects. The NIHR have not received a reply during the time frame of this report. Requirement Three Recommendations Pertaining to Women 6) Text of the Recommendation: Text of the Recommendations and the Response of the Concerned Authority Proceed towards the gradual enforcement of raising the age of marriage to (18) years pursuant to the provisions of Law No. (19) of 2017 promulgating the Family Law and amend the relevant ministerial decisions. 1) Text of the Recommendation: Introduce the necessary legislative amendments to achieve equality between women and men by enabling Bahraini women married to foreigners to grant their children the Bahraini nationality subject to clear and specific legal controls. 7) Text of the Recommendation: Issue the necessary legal tools to ensure that Bahraini women who are divorced or abandoned have the right to adequate housing. 2) Text of the Recommendation: Revisit a number of reservations made by the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to which it has acceded under Decree-Law No. (5) of 2002. 8) Text of the Recommendation: Issue the legal instruments necessary for the inclusion of working Bahraini women as productive families or selfemployed in the field of transport (delivery), home cooking, or otherwise in the social insurance system for those not registered in it. 3) Text of the Recommendation: Abrogate Article No. (353) of the Penal Code promulgated by Decree-Law No. (15) of 1976 regarding exempting the perpetrator of rape from criminal prosecution for his crime if a valid marriage is concluded between the rapist and the victim. 9) Text of the Recommendation: Achieve equality between women and men in employment and address the obstacles hindering the realization of full empowerment of working women's rights. Take measures to absorb all unemployed women, particularly in the health and education sectors, by creating promising job opportunities that make Bahraini women the first choice for employers. 4) Text of the Recommendation: Reconsider Article (17) of Decree-Law No. (7) of 1986 promulgating the Guardianship of Money Law to grant the mother - in specific cases - the right of guardianship over the money of her Requirement Four 38