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• 07 / 12 / 2008

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Luis Rodriguez addressed participants at a technical workshop held on Thursday sponsored by the National Statistics Office (ONE) in salute of World Population Day. He said that day-care capacities have increased by 9,300 additional spaces for the coming school year, and will continue to rise in the following years.

The minister said that the day-care initiative is part of a series of new measures aimed at improving childcare and support offered to workers with children. "Today, 53 percent of mothers have full time jobs and the challenge is to support our women so they can continue to raise families without losing the ground they have won in the labor sector."

The head of Population and Development Studies at the ONE, Juan Carlos Alfonso Fraga, presented new digital products containing the results of several investigations, publications and statistics on Cuban demographics available online at www.one.cu.

Also participating at the workshop were Minister of Labor and Social Security Alfredo Morales Cartaya and ONE Director Oscar Mederos.

(RHC)