political representation of women had gradually introduced by nearly all the political parties. well a6 women, had protested against positive and siiccessfully From time to action in favour been time men, as of women. 144. The representative explained that elderly and disabled women and men had statutory possibilities for claiming tax deductions. . Begarding the division of family and domestia responsibilities between aouples, the Central Bureau of Statistics had been undertaking surveys every 10 years since 1971, which had 6hoWa.l that the increased number of women in paid employment had not led to a significant increase in the time that men spent on domestic work. Figures for .the average salaries of women in different wage-earning groups showed that women earned less in all sectors of conunerae, but that the differenaes were slowly decreasing. The representative stated that the Secretariat for Research on Women, an agency of the Norwsgian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF), had been accorded permanent status; its budget was covered by the Council and the ministries concerned. She referred to the results of the Secretariat's research and p~ublioatio~s. ~145. With regard to article 2 and complaints on recruitment and equal pay, the -representative stated that information would bo provided in the third periodic She desaribed two successive national plans of action to promote the report. equal status of women. The first plan concentrated on education and employment and gave those issues publicity; however, about 15 par cant of it had not been carried out. The second plan drew on the experience6 acquired by ~-the-first one and was aimed at integrating the equal status perspective into all public policy through action programmes to promote the equality of the sexes in the areas of competence of all ministries. 146. In answer to further questions under article 2, the representative replied that the second periodic report had been prepared by the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, and that women’s organieations had not been consulted in the process. The Equel Status Council had translated and publicised the Convention, but information on the work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women had not been actively disseminated. 141. In relation to article 3, she said that commission6 or individual6 responsible for equality existed in most ministries and in many public enterprises or bodies, and that such mechanisms were beginning to be set private institutions also. up in 140. Concerning a more effective use of the media in presenting new images of women, in connection with article 5, she said that the Government did not influence the media in the presentation of their programmes, except to use them for focusing on information campaigns and education programmes. The Board of Directors of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation had endorsed a programme of action to promota equal status within the Corporation by setting targets. 149. Regarding no statistics trial projects on that problem abuse. Local rehabilitation questions relating to article 6, the representative said that were available on the incidence of prostitution, and that the charting prostitution in four major towns had thrown more light and on the relationship between prostitution and sexual general health and social welfare services assisted in and the municipality of Oslo had a separate centre for -2a-