P. whereas approximately 23 % of EU citizens were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2010 , and this impoverishment of the population affects women most of all, since they very often face a combination of difficulties, as in the cases of older women living alone and single-parent families (for the most part headed by women); whereas these include difficulties in keeping a job or finding a new one in these circumstances, difficulties in finding appropriate housing, taking on responsibility for dependants (children, parents, and sick or disabled people), and difficulties in reconciling work and family life arising from lack of app ...[+++]ropriate support structures and variations in national policies on the matter between the 27 Member States;

Domestic violence investigators regularly check the registry to determine the number and types of weapons registered to a person involved in a potentially violent dispute so they might obtain a public safety warrant to remove those firearms.

Issues related to reconciling professional and family life are one of the Council’s priorities and let me take this opportunity to recall that the concerns voiced by the honourable Member are exactly those broached at the last Informal Meeting of Ministers responsible for promoting gender equality (4 October), which analysed the following topics in particular: incorporation of the gender dimension in growth and employment; women’s entrepreneurial spirit and integration in working life; reconciling professional, private and family life for men and women.

But extending education in this way will raise issues which have not always been part of the education world - such as the adaptation of timetables to the availability of those with families, making available child care during courses, or even the recognition of prior experience gained outside formal education systems.

The department of children and families will oversee the activities of courts with jurisdiction over family law issues, domestic violence courts, children's aid societies and other child protection agencies, the family responsibilities office in Ontario and other support enforcement bodies, and the offices of the children's legal advocate and other children's lawyers.

It is a family issue (1630 ) While Bill C-41 imposes and enforces support obligations on non-custodial parents, it does nothing to ensure that custodial parents meet their obligations for example on visitation rights.