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119. The Committee recommends that MSAR take effective measures to increase public
awareness, especially in the private sector, about the importance of maternity and paternity
leaves that reconcile professional and family life for men and women. The Committee further
recommends that MSAR take immediate measures to ensure workers in the private sector their
right to maternity leave, without placing limitations on the number of births, and to ensure that
male workers in the private sector are granted the right to five days of paternity leave, as in the
public sector.
120. The Committee urges MSAR to consider enacting legislation to criminalize sexual
harassment in the workplace.
121. The Committee recommends that MSAR take effective measures to promote the
integration of people with disabilities into the labour market, including by providing incentives
to employers and strengthening the system of job quotas for persons with disabilities.
122. The Committee calls upon MSAR to intensify its efforts to combat domestic violence.
In particular, the Committee encourages MSAR to consider enacting specific legislation
criminalizing domestic violence and affording effective protection to victims. The Committee
also urges MSAR to take effective measures to provide training for law enforcement personnel
and judges regarding the criminal nature of domestic violence. Moreover, the Committee urges
MSAR to ensure the availability and accessibility of crisis centres where victims of domestic
violence can find safe lodging and counselling.
123. The Committee recommends that MSAR make concerted efforts to combat the
phenomenon of trafficking in persons. MSAR should also ensure that victims of trafficking have
access to crisis centres where they can receive assistance. The Committee also recommends that
MSAR provide in its next periodic report detailed information on the measures taken to combat
trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women and children, as well as comparative
statistical data indicating the extent of the problem.
124. The Committee recommends that MSAR take effective measures to ensure that all
workers are entitled to adequate social security benefits, including migrant workers. The
Committee requests MSAR to provide detailed information in its next periodic report on the
extent of the coverage of its social security system, including protection for migrant workers and
other disadvantaged and marginalized groups.
125. The Committee recommends that measures be continued and strengthened for the
effective implementation of programmes to prevent illicit drug consumption, and to report back
to the Committee on the progress achieved in its next periodic report.
126. The Committee recommends that MSAR strengthen its efforts to provide free
compulsory education to all school-age children, including children of migrant workers.
127. The Committee encourages MSAR to ensure that human rights education is provided in
schools at all levels and to raise awareness about human rights, in particular economic, social
and cultural rights, among State officials and the judiciary.