In March 1985, the Swedish Parliament allocated financial resources for an action program to strengthen the position of women in the labor market. This program is based on the recognition that special efforts are needed to interest girls in technical subjects at preschool age and to support women entering occupational fields where men predominate. The program includes: special technology courses for girls in grades eight and nine; further training of teaching and vocational personnel concerning equal opportunities; an experimental training scheme for women whose jobs are threatened by new technology; supportive back-up groups or study circles for women who have opted for nontraditional occupations; and the appointment of a special study group to analyze conditions for women in connection with structural changes in industry. The Government also instructed the National Board of Education to follow the progress of upper secondary school girls taking technical lines of study and to ascertain the extent to which special supporting measures are needed.

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PubMed1988

Law amending the Family Act, 14 June 1988.

This Law amends the Swedish Family Act to provide that, if a woman's egg has been fertilized outside of her body with the approval of her husband or of the person with whom she cohabits, then this person is to be regarded as the father of any child for the purposes of Sections 2-5 of Chapter 1 of the Act, if it is probable in the circumstances that the child is the result of the fertilization.

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PubMed1988

Law No. 711 on fertilization outside the human body, 14 June 1988.

This Swedish Law reads as follows: "Section 1: this Law shall apply to the fertilization of a woman's egg outside her body, for the purpose of producing a child. Section 2: an egg which has been fertilized outside the body of a woman may not be introduced into her body unless: 1) the woman is married or living in a state of cohabitation; 2) the husband or cohabitant gives his written consent; and 3) the egg is the woman's own and has been fertilized with the sperm of her husband or cohabitant. Section 3: unless the authorization of the National Board of Health and Welfare is obtained, fertilization outside the human body may only be carried out in a general hospital. Section 4: persons committing a breach of Section 2 or 3 habitually or for gain shall be liable to a fine or to a prison sentence not exceeding six months."

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