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17.
Strengthen and boost the experience it already has in reforming the educational
system by promoting a human rights culture through its integration into school
curriculums, particularly in rural areas (Morocco);
18.
Continue to strengthen its measures and mechanisms to overcome the challenges
related to the protection of the rights of vulnerable groups, including indigenous
peoples (Viet Nam) and indigenous women (Bolivia);
19.
Take further steps to address discrimination against women and people belonging
to vulnerable groups including children, minorities and indigenous people (United
Kingdom) and intensify efforts for the full respect of their rights and their
protection from discriminatory practices (Italy);
20.
Increase efforts to ensure implementation of legislation guaranteeing the
principles of non-discrimination and adopting a comprehensive strategy to
eliminate all forms of discrimination, particularly gender-based (Ukraine); review
and if necessary modify the legislation to ensure the right of every person not to
be discriminated against and in particular for the elimination of any form of
discrimination against women (Mexico);
21.
Continue with the legal or administrative measures they deem appropriate to
ensure equality between men and women in all aspects (Guatemala);
22.
Improve the situation of women and enforce specific legislation regarding
violence against women and ensuring their sexual and reproductive rights (Spain);
23.
Adopt and implement effective laws to prevent, suppress and eliminate
discrimination against women and to combat domestic violence (Switzerland);
strengthen its measures (Azerbaijan); make further efforts and set specific targets
to decrease the number of incidents, in particular through mechanisms and
institutions protecting women from domestic violence (Norway); enact necessary
legislation and ensure its effective enforcement to provide all requisite protection
(Pakistan) and circulate it to the general public; register and investigate promptly
all cases (Czech Republic);
24.
Work with relevant NGOs to create programmes to educate law enforcement
officials, judges etc. on domestic violence as a serious issue that should be
remedied through the legal system and not kept hidden in the domestic sphere
(United States);
25.
Make further efforts to develop and implement appropriate legislative and
administrative measures to provide equal employment opportunities for men and
women and to address the issue of the wage gap (Japan); reduce
underrepresentation of women, including in the labour market (Azerbaijan); take
effective measures to eliminate the many obstacles that prevent women from
entering the labour market, include in legislation the principle of equal pay for
equal work and the requirement that this principle be scrupulously observed by
employers (Algeria); enact legislation and ensure its effective enforcement to
provide for women’s right to equal remuneration and their enhanced participation
in public decision-making (Pakistan);
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