local centres: enterprises and different none of the cases had been initiated governmentr institutions, such as employment by the trade unions. 256. Regarding article 5, the representative explained that the goal of the plan of action for children was to improve the conditions of children. The subjects of day-care facilities, the right of parents to stay away from work in order to take care of their children and the possibility of combining family life and work were being examined. The provision of flexible working hours for parents was one of the main issues in the general labour agreements. The labour legislation entitled parents to only one day’s leave at a time to care for a sick child, but that period was cecognized as too short and an attempt was being made to improve the general agreements to increase such leave to 10 days a year. She said that Denmark had not yet ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (General Assembly In response to resolution M/25. annex), but that ratification was imminent. a request for further information on the success of endeavours to make and on radio equality a topic in the media, she said that in the newspapers There were many female and television, equality was often discussed. journalists who endeavoured to bring women’s issues to the fcre, and ESC published results and developments, particularly during conferences and seminars. 259. On article 6, data on the number of prostitutes were not available, but the police did not consider that there had been an inci:ease. Part of the work of the police and social services was concerned with the prevention of prostitution. As in all other countries, there were connec!tiona between prostitution and drug addiction, and prostitution and the incidence of HIV infection/AIDS. Several social programmes to deal with the problem of prostitution had been undertaken both by local government and voluntary groups, especially in the larger cities. 260. Responding to a further question on article 6, the representative said that all types of women were involved in prostitution but made particular mention of women from Greenland, who formed the largest single group and experienced difficult social conditions in Denmark. 261. On article 7, the representative explained that the Act on Equality of Men and Women in Appointing Members of Public Committees (1985) had had a great effect, which was reflected in the fact that 38 per cent of &ate committee members in 1990 were women, compared to 12.7 per cent before the Act had been adopted. A new act on boards, adopted in 1990, required all government services to appoint members of boards in the same way as had been provided for committees in the Act of 1965, She reported that in some areas, especially technical ones, it had been diffioult for organizations to appoint women to committees. With the new act, private boards would be forced to involve women when the aotivities had a public dimension. Some parts of the private sector found compliance difficult as there were not enough women at the senior levels and, therefore, it would take time to fcaucate and to promote them first before the provisions could be implemented. In response to a question concerning the results of medical research on worn62 as fighter pilots and the necessity for such research, the representative said that the research had not been concluded and was still in progress but it had been considered necessary to measure the effects of strong acceleration on women physically. The only area of the defence forces to which women were not admitted was that -51-