immediately establish measures to guarantee that pregnant girls can continue with
xxv.
their education, including attending classes and writing exams;
Provide information on the measures put in place to ensure access to education in
the rural areas, and establish a comprehensive program on human rights education
in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools;
Protection of the rights of women and children
xxvi. Establish measures to ensure effective monitoring of the Domestic Violence Act, in
addition to fully incorporating the Maputo Protocol and CEDAW into the domestic
legislation and ensuring full implementation;
xxvii. Repeal the provisions of the Offences against the Persons Act (1861) which
criminalizes abortion, and enact legislation which guarantees access to safe and
legal abortion services under certain conditions, as stipulated in Article 14(2)(c) of
the Maputo Protocol;
xxviii. Adoptconcrete measures to eliminate discrimination against women, in addition to
undertaking campaigns to raise awareness on gender equality;
xxix, Take initiatives to address the disproportionate impact of Ebola on women, in
particular its impact on the provision of maternal health services, and urgently
adopt comprehensive measures to address the high maternal and infant mortality
rate;
xxx. Urgently adopt comprehensivelegislation which criminalizes FGM;
xxxi. Repeal the provisions of the Registration of Customary Marriages and Divorce Act
which allow early marriage, and establish sensitization campaigns to raise
awareness on the Child Rights Act, which provides in Article 34(1) that "the
minimum age of marriage of whatever kind shall be eighteen years."
xxxii. Review the provisions of the Devolution of Estate Act and the Chieftaincy Act,
which discriminate against children born out of wedlock;
The rights of persons with disabilities and older persons
xxxiii. Elaborate on the measures put in place to combat and prevent societal stigma and
discrimination against persons with disabilities in the next Report;
xxxiv. Ensure adoption of comprehensive measures which address the rights of older
persons;
Extractive industries, environment and human rights violations
xxxv. Adopt measures to ensure transparent management of resources, in addition to
establishing mechanisms to address the ecological effects of extracting raw
materials, including providing remedies to local communities;
Protection of human rights defenders
xxxvi. Enact legislative measures to protect human rights defenders, in conformity with
the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, in addition to the Kigali and
Grand Bay Declarations;
Protection of the rights of indigenous populations
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