CRC/C/KHM/CO/2-3 gender-based stereotypes that confine women and girls to traditional roles. In this regard, the Committee is concerned that the Chbap Srey (code of conduct for women) which legitimizes the perceived inferior role of girls and women in the society is still taught in the State party’s schools. 29. The Committee urges the State party to carefully and regularly evaluate existing disparities in enjoyment by children of their rights and on the basis of that evaluation, undertake the necessary steps to combat discrimination against children belonging to marginalized and disadvantaged groups. The Committee also urges the State party to strengthen its efforts to specifically end discrimination against girls, and to eliminate the prevailing gender-based attitudes, practices and codes that perpetuate an inferior role for women and girls in society. Best interests of the child 30. The Committee welcomes progress made to incorporate the general principle of the best interests of the child into domestic legislation. The Committee is however concerned about the lack of concrete information on how the best interests of the child are taken into consideration into policies and programmes of the State party. 31. The Committee urges the State party to strengthen its efforts to ensure that the principle of the best interests of the child is appropriately integrated and consistently applied in all legislative, administrative and judicial proceedings, as well as in all policies, programmes and projects relevant to and with an impact on children. The legal reasoning of all judicial and administrative judgments and decisions should also be based on this principle. Right to life, survival and development 32. The Committee expresses deep concern that drowning is the leading cause of death among children followed by road traffic accidents, which also represent the leading cause of permanent disability of children. The Committee is also deeply concerned that although children continue to be killed and injured as a result of landmines and unexploded ordinance, funding for mine-awareness education has been significantly reduced. 33. The Committee urges the State party to take the necessary measures to prevent drowning and road traffic accidents by organizing public campaigns to increase safety awareness among children, parents, teachers and the public in general. The Committee also urges the State party to take all the necessary measures to protect children against landmines, including by continuing and strengthening mineclearance and mine-awareness programmes. Respect for the views of the child 34. The Committee notes with appreciation that numerous consultations with children were organized during the preparation of the State party’s report and the drafting of the National Plan of Action on Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation (2005-2013). The Committee is however concerned about the persistence of traditional attitudes in the State party which limit children’s rights to express their views in decision-making procedures affecting them and about the absence of a policy and supportive mechanism to promote child participation in the State party. 35. The Committee reminds the State party of its obligation to undertake appropriate measures to fully implement the right of the child to be heard, and urges it to actively combat negative attitudes and conceptions of the child which impede the full realization of her or his right to be heard, through public educational programmes, including campaigns organized in cooperation with opinion leaders, 7