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Gender Component Excerpts are noted
in the second part of this WUNRN release.
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contributions submitted in one of the United Nations official languages are
admissible and posted on this webpage Date of
consideration: Wednesday 6 May 2009
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Gender Component
Excerpts of II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR
RECOMMENDATIONS 2. Consider
accelerating the ratification of all human rights
treaties to which Congo is not yet a party....as the
CEDAW Optional Protocol. 16.Consider
non-custodial measures for offenders,
particularly for women, as a means of reducing overcrowding
in prisons and the pressure on reintegration
efforts. 17.Reinforce women's
rights in the labour market. 18.Adopt measures to
combat attitudes and persistent stereotypes
concerning the role and responsibilities of
women in society; increase efforts, especially educational
and public awareness measures, to
improve the realization of women's rights. 20.Take all
appropriate measures to eliminate all forms of
discrimination against women, in particular with respect
to property, the sharing and inheritance of land, and
access to education, the labour market, and political
life. Introduce legislation that eliminates discrimination in
ownership, co-sharing and inheritance of land, protects
victims of sexual violence, criminalizes marital rape, and gives
women equal rights in marriage and pre-marriage. 23.Continue
implementing measures to handle the problem
of violence against women and combat impunity in this regard.
Take further steps to address discrimination
against women and vulnerable groups, including children,
persons belonging to minorities, and indigenous people. 24.Adopt laws
prohibiting female genital mutilation and take
focused measures to ensure that such practices are
dropped as a result of broader awareness-raising
campaigns. 25.Adopt legislation
prohibiting practices of violence affecting
Congolese women in line with CEDAW...... 28.Improve procedures
aimed at raising the percentage of children
registered at birth. 29.Make further
efforts to combat violence and sexual
abuses against children for the effective realization of their
rights. 31.Reinforce national
legislation prohibiting trafficking in
persons, in particular children........ 32.Finalize and enact
the draft law prohibiting all forms of
trafficking and develop formal procedures for identifying
trafficking victims among vulnerable populations such as
females in prostitution, street children and Pygmies, and
train police and social workers to implement these
procedures. 38.Continue to invest
in education, giving special attention
to women and girls. 41.Further invest in
obstetric clinics and in the formation of skilled
birth attendants. 42.Continue efforts in
the area of the promotion of gender equality
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