A/HRC/40/7 148.247 Continue efforts to eliminate discrimination against women and girls with disabilities and economic barriers in various fields, especially in access to health care, education and employment (Saudi Arabia); 148.248 Pursue efforts to fight violence against women (Tunisia); 148.249 Continue efforts to address violence against women and children, particularly in crisis-affected areas (Philippines); 148.250 Ensure that the rights of women are respected, protected and fulfilled, including their rights to sexual and reproductive health, addressing discrimination through wife inheritance laws and eliminating child marriage (New Zealand); 148.251 Improve the status of women and girls by enacting the National Gender Policy and implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Maputo Protocol and the Child Rights Act (Canada); 148.252 Continue the efforts aiming to improve the socioeconomic conditions of women (Morocco); 148.253 Take steps to ensure that rural women have the right of ownership of agricultural land equal to that of men (Hungary); 148.254 Continue efforts to provide women with access to economic opportunities, such as through the Business Development Fund for women and the National Women Empowerment Fund (Malaysia); 148.255 Protect and promote the rights of women and girls, including by enhancing reproductive health, ending harmful traditional practices and taking concrete measures against sexual and gender-based violence (Norway); 148.256 Accelerate the repeal or modification of laws discriminating against women (Congo); 148.257 Take strong legislative action to punish all forms of violence against women (Madagascar); 148.258 Redouble its efforts, assigning human and financial resources to the institutions in charge of applying the law in order to remove the impunity that benefits the perpetrators of violence against women (Honduras); 148.259 Ensure the full implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Brazil); 148.260 Adopt concrete measures to eliminate gender discrimination and violence against women (Iceland); 148.261 Ensure effective protection from violence against women (Argentina); 148.262 Step up action to prevent violence and discrimination against women (Cabo Verde); 148.263 Step up efforts in raising awareness among religious and traditional leaders, and the population in general, of the criminal nature of female genital mutilation and other traditional practices (Argentina); 148.264 Strengthen implementation of the laws to abolish female genital mutilation (Guyana); 148.265 Strengthen the efforts to alleviate harmful traditional practices affecting the human rights of women and children (Ethiopia); 148.266 Engage in awareness-raising on the criminal nature of female genital mutilation and its negative impact on women (Côte d’Ivoire); 23

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