37. Welcomes the psychosocial support and care afforded to victims of abuse and
human rights violations, especially through establishment, counselling and
guidance centres throughout the territory.
38. Welcomes actions undertaken to promote employment of young people, particularly
the establishment of financing and technical support initiatives, support and
placement agencies, and training and financing institutions.
39. Welcomes measures adopted to safeguard cultural heritage, particularly, the
codification and development of national languages, promotion and enhancement
of local cultural expressions and other measures such as reduction of taxes on
imported books.
40. Welcomes the adoption of Act nr. 2010-11 of 28 May 2010 instituting full parity
between men and women in all totally or partially elective institutions.
41. Welcomes the enactment of Law No. 63 of 28 June 2013 to amend Law No. 1961-10
of 7 March 1961 allowing Senegalese women to pass on their nationality to their
spouses and children of foreign nationality.
42. Welcomes the adoption of measures in favour of women, particularly Decree No.
2006-515/PR of 9 June 2006 on access for women to the gendarmerie
43. Welcomes the adoption of the decrees 2006-1309 and 1310 of 23 November 2006
establishing respectively that a female civil servant and a female salaried worker in
the private sector is able to include her husband and children in her medical plan.
44. Welcomes actions taken in favour of women, through projects and programmes on
capacity-building for women’s organizations involved in combating poverty and
increasing income of households, and the establishment of support mechanisms for
poor women at centres for the advancement of women.
45. Welcomes the popularization and integration of certain provisions of the Maputo
Protocol into domestic legislation.
46. Applauds efforts to harmonize national legislation with international commitments
on the protection of women’s rights through revision of various legislative and
regulatory texts and the adoption of new policies.
47. Welcomes actions undertaken for training of magistrates on the application of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
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