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UN HRC Working Group Report on
Afghanistan:
4. Pay greater attention
to the respect for women's rights when adopting legislative
measures
and abrogate all discriminatory measures against women.
5 . Take promptly any necessary
action to comply with any findings on the review
of the
draft Shia Personal Status Law with the Constitution.
6. Proceed with review of the
Shia Personal Status Law, ensure that it conforms
to
international commitments and actively work to promote the rights of women.
16.Continue efforts to ensure gender
equality and in particular, further promote
accountability of the Government, and also promote access to education and
health
care
services.
29.Promote a public discussion on
women's rights and encourage influential men -
whether elders,
clerics, politicians, or others - to participate in this discussion and
raise awareness,
especially among boys, of the importance of seeing women and
girls as equal
and respected partners in society.
30.Maintain and develop the positive
measures that have been taken, such as the
setting
up of a school system for girls, and the training of women police officers.
Avoid
entrenching in the law; discriminatory practices against women.
33.Continue efforts to increase the
capacity to implement the national plan for
women
in Afgthanistan.
35.Commit resources to enforce
existing legislation to protect women, and equip
courts and
police to fully protect the rights of all women and enhance their
access to
justice; any new legislation should protect those rights.
36.Launch public information
campaigns and work with religious leaders to raise
awareness
of the legal rights for women and girls guaranteed in Afghanistan's
Constitution, including the legal age for marriage.
39.Enact legislation and take
effective measures to protect and promote women's rights,
especially
with regard to forced marriages, honour killings, and access to education
for all girls.
50.Take the necessary steps to
prevent the assassination or intimidation of female
teachers
and students.
51.Continue measures to address all
forms of violence against women and girls.
52.Eradicate violence against women
and ensure a greater political representation
and
participation, in particular in legislative elections to take place in 2010.
74.Continue cooperation with the
international community and reinforce the role
of human
rights defenders so that civil society, in particular women, can
participate
actively in the electoral campaign and in the vote.
82.Include women in decision-making
about maternal health, including in decisions
on the design of
local health care mechanisms, to strengthen efforts to reduce
maternal
mortality.
86.Step up efforts to guarantee the
right to education to all children and take
effective
measures to substantially increase the rate of attendance, particularly
of the
female population, in schools.
96.Continue positive engagement with
the OHCHR and other United Nations agencies
to
fully realize the targets that Afghanistan has set, especially on children's
and
women's
rights.
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Date of Consideration: 7 May 2009 |
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