the XXI century in terms of development and which demands the mastering of these technologies. Objective 5: To make progress towards of gender equality in all critical areas of concern, including access to education for all girls at all levels The APR Panel recommended the country to: (i) accelerate and intensify the implementation of strategies for the retention of girls in primary and secondary school, encourage them to get vocational training as a strategic instrument for empowerment of Mozambican women; (ii) accelerate the approval of Law on Domestic Violence, that can deal with violence based on gender; (iii) develop a national programme for training of law enforcement agencies as well as communities on issues related to violence based on gender; (iv) accelerate the implementation of National Plan for the Advancement of Women; (v) strengthen the role of participation of women at local level through training programmes that can strengthen leadership capacities of women, trust, advocacy and self esteem; (vi) develop monitoring indicators that include gender aspects to evaluate progress on gender integration and a budget that is sensitive to gender issues; and (vii) accelerate the implementation of national development plan for vulnerable persons by improving the resources allocated for social wellbeing. 307. With regards to the recommendation by the APR Panel to implement strategies for the retention of girls in primary and secondary school and encourage them to get vocational training, the Government approved a new legal instrument for the Retention of Girl at School which among other aspects includes free tuition and books. Initiatives like provision of scholarships and increase of involvement and active participation of community and religious leaders in the promotion of education for girls and combating the school distances have been implemented over the country with emphasis in the districts. 308. Meanwhile, Ministry of Education is implementing with success in the centres and boarding centres, School Production Programme as a measure to keep pupil and in particular girls busy. It ought to be stressed that there are also various complementary initiatives by civil society organizations with huge impact on this target group. “Um Olhar de Esperança” (a vision of hope) initiative can be taken as an illustration of this effort. However, the measures under implementation are not sufficient to satisfactorily cut off the cycle of segregation of girls from school. 309. In this context, there is a huge challenge in this area in the sense that the main factors that influence the segregation of girls are of variable natures, namely premature marriage, early pregnancy, cultural aspects and decision on investment for the empowerment of children, lack of follow up by the parents and those responsible for children, informal trade, among others. This framework calls for the need for involvement, not only of education sector authorities, but also of various community leaders and parents in an effort to revert gradually the present trend of massive school drop out by girls. 310. With regards to the recommendation of the APR Panel to accelerate approval of Domestic Violence Law, development of a national programme for training of law enforcement agents, as well as communities on the issue of violence based on gender; accelerate the implementation of National Plan for the Advancement of Women, it should be referred that in July 2009 the Parliament passed Law 29/2009, of 29 September (Domestic Violence Law) which has entered 97