CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8 acts. Please provide information on measures adopted to prevent the sexual exploitation of women and girls. Please indicate whether measures exist to support women in prostitution who wish to find alternative means of livelihood. Participation in political and public life 10. It is indicated that, in 2013, women occupied 6 of the 24 senatorial seats (25 per cent) and about the same percentage (25.64 per cent) of the congressional seats (para. 121). Please provide information on the specific steps taken by the Commission on Elections to incorporate, in its accreditation of political parties, specific provisions to promote the integration of women (para. 11 8). The Committee notes that the State party introduced a quota for third -level managerial positions (50/50) and local development councils (40 per cent) (para. 119). Please indicate whether the State party has established timetables to achieve the said go als in order to accelerate equal participation by women in all areas of political and public life, including higher levels of the public service and the judiciary. Please provide information on measures taken to ensure full diversity in the representation of women in political and public bodies, in particular indigenous and Muslim women. Please also indicate whether campaigns to raise awareness of the importance for society as a whole of the participation of women in decision -making positions have been carried out and whether mechanisms for monitoring the impact of those measures exist. Please include information on the participation of women in peacebuilding processes (para. 33). Education 11. The report is silent on education. Please supply updated information and disaggregated data on the situation of education for women and girls in the State party. In particular, please provide information on: (a) Access to education for women and girls, including disparity in access between urban and rural areas; (b) Enrolment and retention rates of women and girls at all levels of education and areas of study; (c) Measures taken to reduce the dropout rates of girls; (d) Current situation in the State party regarding violence against and sexual harassment of girls in schools; (e) Integration of age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health and rights education into the curricula at all levels of education; (f) Stereotypical attitudes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men in textbooks, curricula and teacher training. Employment 12. In the light of the Committee’s previous recommendation (CEDAW/C/PHI/CO/6, para. 26), please indicate measures taken to protect women working in the informal sector, in particular to provide them with social benefits, such as the health benefit package (para. 114), and to promote their integration into the formal labour force, in particular those living in rural areas. Please also indicate measures tak en or envisaged to address the high unemployment rate of women, reduce the wage gap 4/7 15-20931