A/HRC/42/11 121.165 Continue its efforts to formulate and implement focused strategies to improve the rights of women and children (Bhutan); 121.166 Provide continuity to the national action plan dedicated to women’s issues, and consider the recommendations made by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Plurinational State of Bolivia); 121.167 Strengthen the policy towards achieving equality between women and men, and the empowerment and advancement of women (Bulgaria); 121.168 Strengthen the capacity and authority of the national machinery for the advancement of women by allocating it increased, sustainable human and financial resources (Bahamas); 121.169 Further promote gender equality and the empowerment of women (Georgia); 121.170 Take all steps necessary to ensure equality between men and women and to eliminate gender stereotypes (Costa Rica); 121.171 Take concrete steps to dismantle gender stereotypes and eliminate structural barriers to women’s and girls’ enrolment in non-traditional fields, such as technical or vocational sectors (Bahamas); 121.172 Pursue its policy for the elimination of inequalities between men and women by taking measures to increase the participation of women in political and public life, particularly in positions of responsibility (Djibouti); 121.173 Allow women to enjoy equal rights by conferring citizenship to their children and spouses (Germany); 121.174 Address the gender pay gap between men and women (Iraq); 121.175 Continue its efforts to promote equal economic opportunities for women and men, and to reduce the gender gap in decision-making processes (Bangladesh); 121.176 Remove laws discriminating against women with regard to marriage and divorce (Peru); 121.177 Continue efforts towards aligning its national legislation, policies and programmes on women and children with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Sri Lanka); 121.178 Continue efforts to combat discrimination against women, especially in the labour market (Tunisia); 121.179 Strengthen its efforts to promote women’s participation in the work force by adopting comprehensive legislation that combats discrimination and sexual harassment at the workplace and eliminates the persisting gender wage gap (Afghanistan); 121.180 Take the measures necessary to guarantee that women enjoy the same rights as men to transmit nationality to their children and spouses (Argentina); 121.181 Respect the fundamental principle of equality between women and men, in particular by allowing Brunei women to transmit their nationality to their children and by removing reservations to article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (France); 121.182 Repeal all discriminatory laws against women to ensure equal rights and opportunities, and adopt national legislation that would criminalize all forms of violence against women (India); 121.183 Enact laws that sanction gender violence, in particular domestic violence, marital rape and female genital mutilation (Mexico); 21