b) The Ministry indicated that it has expanded in the acceptance of
categories entitled to housing services by including a third category
for those who have exceeded the specified age for accepting the
application. This category can apply together with one of his
children, namely unmarried daughter or son who have reached the
age of 21 years, and lives with his Bahraini parents or one of them.
c) The competent authority, in cooperation with the Supreme Council
for Women, has also introduced a new category (women
application category) until reaching the age of (60) years, these are
the divorced, abandoned, or widowed women who do not have
children, or single women orphaned (both parents). This category
is granted permanent housing until the social status changes.
(4) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s
reply to NIHR:
Call on the National Committee for the Elderly - established by resolution
No. (79) of 2011 - to exert further efforts and endeavors, with greater
attention given to the media aspect, to highlight these efforts and
endeavors, and the services it provides to become a national platform for
promoting the rights of the elderly.
Summary of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development
reply to NIHR:
The NIHR did not receive a reply during the timeframe of this report.
(5) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s
reply to NIHR:
Update the National Strategy and the Action Plan for the Elderly, to match
the development taking place in the field of promoting the rights of this
group in various public fields, especially since the current Plan has been
issued since nearly (8) years.
Summary of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development
reply to NIHR:
The NIHR did not receive a reply during the timeframe of this report.
(6) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s
reply to NIHR:
Call upon the competent authorities to accelerate the pace of work on
combating noncommunicable diseases, and to raise awareness about
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