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Excerts - Gender - From Report of
the Working Group on the UN Universal Periodic Review Report on GUATEMALA: DIALOGUE *53. '"Concerning racial and
gender discrimination, Guatemala mentioned the coordination among State
bodies to raise awareness of such issues. ....National policies and practices
are being strengthed with the support of the Presidential Commission on Women
which put forward an initiative for the complete protection of woman and also
a programme, based on the Beijing Platform, to give more opportunities to
women to participate in culture, politics, and education." CONCLUSIONS & RECOMENDATIONS *41."Reduce illiteracy rates,
in particular among women. *6. Continue human rights
education to all Guatemalans, in order for this generation and future
generations to leave behind forever the culture of violence inherited from
years of internal armed conflict." 13."Commit on improving the
situation of indigenous children, in particular as concerns ill-treatment,
trafficking, child labour, illegal adoptions and difficulty in accessing
schools and health-care services." *15."Implement fully the new
law on femicide and ensure that the physical security of women is protected
by implementing CEDAW recommendations and follow up the CEDAW recommendations
to Guatemala to ensure that indigenous women have full access to bilingual
education, health services and credit facilities and to
fully participate in decision making processes." _____________________________________________________________________
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