39 - 2- The question of the education and instruction of children had been addressed in the Constitution of the 27th December 2004 in its Article 7. In order to make the legislative and regulatory texts in this domain more effective, the Government ceaselessly deploys efforts to improve the situation of children by reminding each Central African Family to respect the five (5) verbs of the Founder President of the CAR: To nourish, clothe – treat – accomodate – educate. The rights of the physically handicapped which constitute another vulnerable group are determined by the Law n°00.007 of the 20th December 2000 establishing the Statute, protection and promotion of physically handicapped persons and its applicative Decree n°02.205 of the 6th August 2002. The Constitution of the 27th December 2004 stipulates in its Article 9, parag.3: « … laws establish the conditions for the assistance and protection provided … to handicapped persons who have problems due to their working conditions ». For this reason, the Central African Government has always taken into account, within its Action Programmes, the problems of physically handicapped persons depending on their category (physical, mental, auditory, visual….) 3- The rights of ethnic and religious minorities, the elderly, of foreigners, migrant workers are also not forgotten or marginalised in the Central African Republic. Pygmees currently benefit from remarkable training in the areas of health, education, culture and religioin. It is important to point out that the Government makes efforts in the area of protection and promotion of the rights of vulnerable groups by means of various legislative and regulatory texts as well as through social policies favourable to them. As evidence of this the minority Fulani and pygmees were represented in the National Transitional Council. V THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THE CAR TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF VULNERABLE GROUPS The following statement made the Government of the Republic of Central Africa take special measures in favour of certain vulnerable groups, namely: V.1 / WOMEN The situation of the Central African woman remains a cause for concern as it is characterized by acute poverty, a high rate of illiteracy, a high rate of school girl dropouts and an ever increasing rate of natural mortality. The issue of women’s under representation at the decision making levels, not to talk about rural women’s difficult working conditions as well as other problems they encounter daily, made the Government look for adequate solutions to improve the conditions of women.

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