The Minister of Community Development, Hessa bint Issa Bouhamid, confirmed that the low fertility rates have become a global phenomenon and not only a problem within the state, noting that many national and international studies were conducted to monitor the causes of this phenomenon, and ended with three main reasons, including "late marriage age, and the pursuit of young people to increase educational attainment, as well as the prevalence of consumption patterns that cause diseases such as obesity, age and diabetes. "
In response to a parliamentary question asked by Member of the Federal National Council, Naameh Al Sharhan, about "encouraging citizenship to have children", during the parliament session that was held "remotely" this morning - the minister said: "The cabinet has interacted and interacted with these local and international studies, from Through 4 axes, its responsibilities were distributed to the ministries and the concerned authorities, the first of which is to ensure “care and education” for children, the second is to provide housing for family stability, and the third, to provide flexible time that contributes to allocating more time to follow-up on family affairs, and finally to encourage reproductive health.