between prepared the freedom to provide of the arts end the dignity for collective action. of women, and a bill we8 being tbe iiaison women in each ministry Referring to artiale 3, she said that function and could make part of a working party , which had an advisory proposals as to how equality of treatment could be achieved. An evaluation of including the role of the liaison women and the entire promotion programme, She said that their impact on women in civil service, had been carried out. immigrant and refugee women in Austria enjoyed the same fundamental rights and freedoms as all other citizens and she highlighted specific labour market Preference was given to unmarried immigrant and policies to assist them. refugee mothers with children in the allocation of resources and shelter. 314. were 315. Under were conditions be done. women article 3, in reply to the question as to how the many refugee integrated into the employment market, she said that the living of migrant women were not the most favourable, and more needed to 316. In relation to article 4, she noted that, in spite of the rather long period for which &L&K@ equality of women had existed in Austria, there was still a need for temporary special measures. Affirmative action programmes had been set up at the federal and provinaial level for women in the civil The equal treatment law, currently service and in some private companies. being drafted, foresaw quotas for women in public service. All ministers were ~obligea to report at periodic intervals on promotion measures. 311, Referring to questions under article 5, she said that women were strongly underrepresented in the electronic media and their image was not positive. and stereotypes and traditional role Women’s problems were marginalized, models still prevailed although their elimination was one of the targets of the education poliay. Private and public employers were not allowed to make reference to the sex of the applicant in their job announcements. However, no authority could impose sanctions on the media regarding the choice of As regards the implementation of the proposals made by television programmes. the Commission on Soho01 Reform, studies had been commissioned in the fields of informatics and mathematics to identify gender-specific trends, and initiatives were being promoted to motivate girls to move into non-traditional fCelds., 318. Regarding comments under article 5 referring to non-sexist language, the representative said that, in 1987, a study had been made on the linguistic It had been difficult to equal treatment of women in public service. implement its recommendations as they also aonaerned titles in the administrative hierarchy and criticism had been voiced. In answer to comments on the fact that the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra consisted entirely of men, she said that the Orahestra was part of an association and, as such, could not be affected by the provisions of a federal law governing conditions of employment. 319. The new law, which gave spouses the choice as to who would take parental leave, made a valuable contribution to the implementation of the principles of equal treatment of women and men and of partnership in raising children. -G4-