CEDAW/C/SR.37 English Page 11 (Ms. Patino) which cared for the children of working mothers, given that 94 per cent of all women worked. With regard to the Criminal Code, the meaning of the i;tlrases "shall be punished" and 'may be compelled to submit to", since in . the latter case doubts might arise as to the person empowered to hand down the sentence. 34. Ms. EL-FETOUH said that, having regard to article 18 of the Convention and article 25 of the ~andese Constitution, she wished to know whether there were other types of marriage besides the one provided for under the law; if that was the case, she wished to know what the consequences of such marriages were, especially as far as parent-child relations and questions of inheritance were concerned. She thought that there was a conflict between articles 9 and 30 of the Constitution, since article 9 discriminated against unmarried women, failed to respect women's equality before the law and thus openly violated the provisions of the convention. 35. Ms. OESER said she wished to have more details concerning the right to vote in ~anda. Likewise, she was interested in knowing the extent of women's involvement in the National !Evolutionary Movement for ~velopment. With regard to article 9 of the Convention, the report contained no material on citizenship and equality between men and women in that respect. As for the annex to the report, she wished to know when the er irninal Code had been promulgated and desired full information about the way in which the Code was currently being implemented in ~anda. With regard to abortion, she wished to know the reasons that abortion was punished·, she asked whether they included any implicit religious reasons. She also wished to know whether divorce was in any way prohibited in :Rrlanda. 36. Ms. GUAN Minqian asked whether the conditions and types of divorce in l\{anda were determined by law, whether men and women had the same rights in respect of divorce and whether the rights of women and children were protected in cases of divorce. 91e also wished to have information regarding the percentage of women holding administrative and judicial posts, as well as the type of post involved. 91e also sought information with regard to the percentage of illiteracy among ~andese women. Concerning the projected doubling of the population by the year 2000, she wished to know whether the Government of :Rrlanda had taken any measures or adopted any policy in that respect. Finally, she wished to know who was responsible for overseeing the implementation of the i.xovisions of the Constitution; whether there were any women's organizations; and whether women's rights were duly protected. 37. Mr. NORDENFELT said it was encouraging that a developing country.like ~anda, which had so many problems, had decided to ratify the Convention. Nevertheless, some information in addition to that contained in the report was required to understand the data included in it - for example, demographic and economic information, information about the educational system, etc. - particularly in relation to articles 5 and 10 of the Convention. It would also be useful to have more information pertaining to article 7 of the Convention. He wished to know why there were different penalties for men and women in cases of adultery, if all citizens were equal before the law. He asked whether single women could join professional organizations and practise a profession. He wished to know whether abortion was prohibited in all cases. Finally, he asked whether there was discrimination on the basis of sex in the hiring of workers. I . ..