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that they can freely enjoy all human rights. It also recommends compulsory
birth registration of those born in camps for internally displaced persons in
order to protect them from being rendered stateless.
Education
34. The Committee commends the State party on its efforts to ensure equal access
for women and girls to all levels of education and the increase in the rate of girls ’
participation in primary and secondary education. The Committee is concerned,
however, about:
(a) Discriminatory admission criteria that require women, but not men, to
attain specific grades in order to enrol in certain traditionally male -dominated
courses, such as engineering, at the tertiary level;
(b) The lack of an adequate budget for the education sector, which, coupled
with discriminatory stereotypes regarding the education of women and girls, limits
their access to education, in particular in rural areas;
(c) Low literacy levels among women throughout the State party, in
particular in rural areas, and the fact that women are concentrated in traditionally
female-dominated fields of vocational training;
(d) The lack of disaggregated data on the educational status of ethnic
minority women and girls;
(e) The lack of information on the impact of age-appropriate education on
sexual and reproductive health and rights.
35.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Remove all discriminatory admission criteria regarding women’s
enrolment in certain traditionally male-dominated courses such as engineering,
intensify career guidance activities to encourage girls to pursue studies in
non-traditional fields and raise awareness among teaching personnel of the
importance of girls completing tertiary education;
(b) Increase the budget allocation for the education sector in order to
improve girls’ access to education;
(c) Ensure that the national education strategic plan for the period
2016-2021, which is currently being finalized, provides for programmes aimed
at improving literacy among women throughout the State party, including
through the provision of adult education;
(d) Provide data in the next periodic report on the educational status of
ethnic minority women and girls and review vocational training curricula in
order to remove gender stereotypes and ensure the diversification of fields of
studies for women and girls;
(e) Intensify the provision of age-appropriate education on sexual and
reproductive health and rights and ensure that it is systematically integrated
into school curricula.
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