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25.
The Committee is concerned about the current state of sexual and reproductive health of
women and that the incidence of child and maternal mortality is relatively high.
26.
The Committee is alarmed about the increasing level of drug addiction in the State party,
especially among young people.
27.
The Committee is concerned that only 30 per cent of children living in rural communities
complete primary education and, in the case of indigenous children, only 20 per cent complete
the primary level of education. The Committee also expresses its concern about the limited
access for indigenous peoples to enjoy education in their mother tongue and to use their mother
tongue in their dealings with public authorities.
E. Suggestions and recommendations
28.
The Committee recommends that the State party make every possible effort,
including through international assistance, to provide adequate follow-up to various issues
contained in the Peace Agreements of 1996, which, following over 30 years of civil unrest,
laid the foundation for national reconciliation and for the promotion of human rights.
29.
The Committee recommends that the State party increase its efforts to combat
discrimination against indigenous peoples, in particular in the areas of employment, health
services, land ownership, adequate nutrition, housing and education.
30.
The Committee calls upon the State party to ensure equality between women and
men in all spheres of life, in particular by taking effective measures to combat
discrimination in the education of the girl-child, in access to employment, in equal pay for
work of equal value and in access to land and credit services. The Committee urges the
State party to increase the level of representation of women in public services.
31.
The Committee urges the State party to increase its efforts to combat
unemployment by strengthening technical and professional training programmes and by
adopting policies aimed at facilitating investments that create jobs. The Committee
encourages the State party to ratify International Labour Organization Convention No. 2
on Unemployment.
32.
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that the minimum wage is
increased regularly in proportion to the cost of living so as to guarantee an adequate
standard of living for workers and their families and to ensure that the rules regarding the
minimum wage are respected in practice.
33.
The Committee urges the State party to verify and ensure the fulfilment of labour
legislation concerning occupational health and safety conditions, including through regular
inspections.
34.
The Committee urges the State party to amend all its relevant legislation in order to
define sexual harassment as a crime and to take effective measures to combat the crime.