A/HRC/39/16 24.279 Strengthen the technical professional education system as a quality educational alternative for the development of the country (Eritrea); 24.280 Continue taking efforts to ensure equal opportunity to education for women and girls (Iraq); 24.281 Strengthen the link between universities and research institutions with productive centres, as a contribution of education and science to the development of the country (Lao People’s Democratic Republic); 24.282 Continue to promote the use of information and communications technology penetration at all levels of education and skills developments from the early age (Myanmar); 24.283 Continue efforts aimed at improving the structural framework and the quality of services of cultural institutions (Oman); 24.284 Continue to strengthen the special education system and its institutions throughout the country to ensure quality education for children, adolescents and youth with disabilities (Pakistan); 24.285 Continue evaluating and adopting measures to increase the number of children, adolescents and youth with disabilities in the different levels of education of the national education system (Timor-Leste); 24.286 Further strengthen schools and educational programmes in remote and inaccessible areas (United Arab Emirates); 24.287 Continue to improve, update and expand the scope of human rights training for civil servants and the general public (Zambia); 24.288 Continue with the efforts to promote equality between men and women (Ghana); 24.289 Continue making progress in the empowerment of women in all sectors (Ghana); 24.290 Continue to implement a gender perspective in its national policies aimed at achieving equality for women (Zimbabwe); 24.291 Improve the measures taken to reduce gender stereotypes in relation to the roles and responsibilities of women in the family and society (Afghanistan); 24.292 Consider including in its national legislation a law on violence against women that criminalizes it in all its forms (Argentina); 24.293 Intensify efforts to empower women politically and economically (Bahrain); 24.294 Pursue its efforts to promote the status of women and gender equality (Benin); 24.295 Endeavour to promote racial harmony through improvement of equality for women of African descent (Botswana); 24.296 Take further measures to improve the access of elderly women, rural women and women with disabilities to health-care services, social benefits and public participation (Bulgaria); 24.297 Continue and increase the current efforts and awareness-raising actions to combat traditional and cultural attitudes to combat any perceived discrimination against women (Guyana); 24.298 Adopt a comprehensive strategy on combating discrimination against women (Cyprus); 24.299 Take special temporary measures to speed up the process of establishing real equality for women, in particular women of African descent, 21