{"id":3301,"date":"2019-03-25T22:17:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T22:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2019-03-25T22:17:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T22:17:23","slug":"analysis-position-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2019\/03\/25\/analysis-position-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis (position paper)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Delegation:<\/strong> United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body:<\/strong> Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The issue of parental leave<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an ever-increasing number of women entering the\nworkforce, maternity leave has been the centre of discussion may times. More\nrecently, however, paternity leave has also been garnering attention \u2013 thus the\nissue of parental leave as a whole. Convention No. 183 of the ILO declared that\nwomen shall be provided a maternity benefit for 14 weeks and shall the entitled\nto a cash benefit no less than two-thirds of her previous earnings to ensure\nthat they are able to maintain themselves as well as their child in proper\nconditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the UAE, women working in the public sector re\nguaranteed a 90-day maternity leave, with women in the private sector being\nentitled to a fully paid 45 days if she has completed a continuous year of\nservice, and a half paid 45-day leave if they have not. Should any\ncomplications occur during pregnancy, the mother is free to take up to 100\nconsecutive days of unpaid leave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fathers are eligible for a fully paid 3-day paternity\nleave in the public sector. Private companies are free to establish their own\npaternal leave policies; thus, they may differ from each other vastly.\nRecently, however, a new paternity leave law was being drafted in order to\nequalise the father\u2019s parenting role in the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Arab Emirates believes that balance in the home life is of utmost importance to the happiness of the family, and thus continues to strive for providing better conditions for new parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delegation:<\/strong> United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body:<\/strong> Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overweight and obesity epidemic in developing\ncountries<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps one of the greatest public health concerns of\nour time is obesity as it continues to grow and pose a more and more serious\nand seemingly uncontrollable problem in societies worldwide. One might think\nthat it is only prevalent in developed nations, but in fact, the rate at which\nobesity is growing in developing countries is now higher than in developed\nones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the key factors is urbanization \u2013 as people\nmove into cities and suddenly stop altogether with physical labour while still\neating the same diet, they inevitably start gaining weight. But with cities\ncome fast food restaurants and other such sources of unhealthy foods. As they\ntend to be available at relatively low prices, people will naturally gravitate\ntoward them as in more cases than not their wages are far from high. This,\nhowever, results in a diet comprised largely of heavily processed foods. This\neffect, along with the aforementioned decline in physical activity and genetic\nfactors often results in cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and other\nnoncommunicable diseases, thus putting \u2013 in most cases already underfunded \u2013\nhealth services under severe strain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Arab Emirates believes that the first step shall be implementation of various new policies in order to encourage and facilitate health-awareness among the general public, and to integrate it in people\u2019s lives from an early age. Such actions, aided by worldwide cooperation, shall hopefully prove effective in resolving this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delegation:<\/strong> United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body:<\/strong> Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem of ageing societies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around the world, ageing societies have been posing\nserious problems for decades, and the tendency seems unlikely to stop. Population\nageing is quickly becoming one of the most significant social transformations\nof the century, and its effects can be felt in all areas of society. According\nto World Population Prospects: the 2017 Revision, around 13% of the global\npopulation was aged 60 or over, and their number is expected to triple by 2100.\nWhile the problem is currently the most prominent in Europe, rapid ageing will\noccur in other parts of the world too. The United Nations has already made\nseveral steps in order to resolve this issue \u2013 such as the first World Assembly\non Ageing in 1982, or most recently the Second World Assembly on Ageing in\n2002. They aim to ensure supportive and enabling environments, as well as\nadvancing health and well-being into old age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although currently the United Arab Emirates is not\nfacing ageing at such serious levels, the number of persons over the age of 60\nis growing rapidly. While in the past, great pride was taken in caring for\nelders, nowadays it is becoming harder and harder to manage due to a lack of\ntime, or lack of skill, should a relative suffer from a geriatric disorder.\nUntil now, geriatric care was not prioritised as the average age was around 30,\nbut with rapidly rising life expectancy the expansion thereof shall be\nexpected. At present, primary healthcare alongside social, psychological, and\nphysical therapy is provided to all nationals from the age of 60 at the Elderly\nCare Centre or through their home care programme. Red Crescent Authority also\noffers various programmes and activities for elders, along with educational\nevents such as field visits to elderly care homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Arab Emirates strongly believes that\nthrough the establishment of far-reaching social and economic policies as well\nas international cooperation it is entirely possible to resolve this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delegation: United Arab Emirates Body: Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee The issue of parental leave With an ever-increasing number of women entering the workforce, maternity leave has been the centre of discussion may times. More recently, however, paternity leave has also been garnering attention \u2013 thus the issue of parental leave as a whole. Convention No. 183 of the ILO… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3302,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions\/3302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}