Index des droits de l'Homme

w) efforts undertaken by State to address spread of HIV/AIDS, e.g. National Programme to fight HIV/AIDS, which provides for free and universal antiretroviral medication
c) increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst adults (mainly women) and youth and increasing number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
c) lack of alternative care for these children

c) widespread poverty among women and poor socio-economic conditions are among causes of violation of women's human rights and discrimination against women
c) situation of rural women, particularly in view of their extreme poverty and lack of access to health care, education, credit facilities and community services

c) low rate of female literacy, low rate of enrolment of girls in schools and high dropout rate of girls due to pregnancy, early marriages and low priority given to girls' education by families
n) education is key to advancement of women and low level of education of women and girls remains one of most serious impediments to their full enjoyment of human rights

w) establishment of National Plan of Action for Children (1992) and National Children's Rights Committee (1997)
w) adoption of Education Law (1995) establishing compulsory, free and guaranteed primary school and Labour Act regulating child labour (1990)
w) adoption and implementation of National Plan on Education for All, which resulted in some improvements in education

in light of Standard Rules on Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities and of CRC's recommendations adopted at its day of general discussion on rights of children with disabilities
r) take effective measures to collect adequate and disaggregated data on children with disabilities and use such data to establish comprehensive policy and appropriate programmes and ensure that children's rights are adequately integrated into them
r) undertake all necessary measures to combat discriminatory attitudes towards children with disabilities, particularly amongst children and parents, and promote their participation in all aspects of social and cultural life
r) formulate strategy that includes appropriate teacher training, to ensure that all children with disabilities have access to education and, wherever possible, that they are integrated into mainstream education system
r) undertake awareness-raising campaigns to sensitize public, and parents in particular, about rights and special needs of children with disabilities
r) allocate further resources for special education, including vocational training, and for support given to families of children with disabilities
r) seek technical cooperation for training of professional staff working with and for children with disabilities from, inter alia, UNICEF and WHO

r) continue efforts to reform educational system, e.g. by adopting Law on Educational Reform (Ley Reglamentaria de la Reforma Educativa)
r) continue to strengthen measures aimed at increasing enrolment rates in primary and basic education, in particular for girls
r) expand public provision of early childhood education and increase number of trained pre-school teachers, and raise awareness amongst parents about value of early childhood education
r) strengthen and expand efforts at teacher training and expand recruitment of qualified teachers, in particular women and persons from all ethnic groups for education in mother tongue programmes
r) include human rights education as part of curriculum
r) undertake analytical study of children who drop out of school and those who are repeaters, with view to formulating appropriate strategies to remedy these problems
r) ensure provision of adequate financial and human resources for effective implementation of educational programmes, in particular National Plan on Education for All
r) seek technical assistance from UNESCO and UNICEF

c) widespread poverty among women and poor socio-economic conditions are among causes of violation of women's human rights and discrimination against women
c) situation of rural women, particularly in view of their extreme poverty and lack of access to health care, education, credit facilities and community services

w) declared commitment and political will of State to implement international human rights obligations and in particular provisions of CEDAW

c) State's limited understanding of obligations under CEDAW, and in particular State's exclusive focus on formal equality and lack of progress in achieving de facto equality in all sectors

c) absence of policies and programmes, including legislation, to address violence against women
c) occurrences of domestic violence, rape, including marital rape, and all forms of sexual abuse of women, and persistence of patriarchal attitudes that consider physical chastisement of family members, including women, acceptable
c) paucity of information and statistics in report on incidence of violence against women

i) State's next report contain more detailed, specific and analytical information on situation of women, supported by sex-disaggregated data describing results achieved

taking account of gender dimensions of declarations, programmes and platforms for action adopted by relevant UN conferences, summits and special sessions, such as special session of the General Assembly for overall review and appraisal of implementation of Programme of Action of International Conference on Population and Development, special session of General Assembly on children, World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and Second World Assembly on Ageing
i) include information on implementation of aspects of those documents relating to relevant articles of CEDAW in next report

r) increase efforts to ensure implementation of existing laws guaranteeing principle of non‑discrimination and full compliance with art. 2 CRC, and adopt proactive and comprehensive strategy, including through awareness-raising, to change attitudes and values and eliminate discrimination on any grounds and against all vulnerable groups, in particular girls and children from poor and rural families

c) absence of policies and programmes, including legislation, to address violence against women
c) occurrences of domestic violence, rape, including marital rape, and all forms of sexual abuse of women, and persistence of patriarchal attitudes that consider physical chastisement of family members, including women, acceptable
c) paucity of information and statistics in report on incidence of violence against women