Independent Opinion of CEDAW Recommendation 21 The government should expeditiously amend the Genetic Health Act. Before amendments are completed, the government should provide adequate information on birth and family planning to people with disabilities, respect the decision of women with disabilities to have children or not, and provide support.
Recommendation 22 The government should respect the tradition of mutual support in indigenous communities, integrate social welfare resources, and move toward an integrated community service model to facilitate sustainable development of childcare services in indigenous communities.
Recommendation 23 The government should analyze the reasons for the impoverishment of middle-aged and elderly women, conduct an overall assessment of the gender impact on the pension system, and propose specific improvement measures to protect the economic security of middleaged and elderly women. The government should continue to push for law reform to include social benefits such as pensions and annuities within the scope of claims for distribution of residual assets from a divorce. It should also propose a specific schedule of amendments in order to protect middle-aged and elderly women who do most of the unpaid household chores and take care of the family during marriage.
Recommendation 24 (1) The government should expeditiously eliminate social ¯50¯