ii. The upscaling of the Strategic Poverty Alleviation Framework (CSLP) which
now comprises of a gender component which takes into account the specific
needs of women in development.
iii. The development of women’s professional training;
iv. The establishment of several economic programmes for the empowerment of
women:
- The Nissa Banks, a micro credit system by and for women (Nissa- Banks
GFEC) ;
- Women’s Savings and Credit Groups (GFEC),
- The Popular Savings and Credit Funds (CAPEC),
- The Development and Savings Fund (CDD),
- The Inter-Community Fund for Oases Development (FICO),
- The Regional or Local Credit and Savings Programmes ,
- Mutual Funds for Support to Women’s Intervention programmes.
v. The establishment of programmes of Action for Indigent Women (eg.
Programme AGR “Income –Generating Activities”), community-based microcredit scheme to promote the emergence of a culture of entrepreneurship
among women who head households.
The right to a healthy and sustainable environment
70. The Commission commends the State for the following:
i. Encouragement to use gas and solar ovens and other energy-saving technologies
for improved household conditions in order to bring relief to households, in
particular to women from the drudgery associated with the supply of domestic
energy.
ii. Adherence to several conventions and international agreements on the
environment.
iii. Enactment of laws and regulations governing environmental issues with a view
to guaranteeing the right for all to live in a healthy and sustainable environment.
The protection of women in armed conflict situations
71. The Commission commends the State for the following measures:
i. The development of a plan of action which aims at locating and destroying all
the mines across the national territory, in particular in the two most affected
regions of Dakhlet Nouadhibou and Tiris-Zemmour in the north of the country.
Following the conflict in the Western Sahara, and in accordance with the
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer
of Antipersonnel mines and on their Destruction, the National Humanitarian
Mine Sweeping Bureau (BNDH) has implemented the aforementioned
programmes with the support of the UNDP, UNICEF and International NGOs;
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