CEDAW/C/S R .3 7 English Page 10 31. Ms. REGENT-LECHOWICZ said that, considering that !Manda was a developing country, she was pleased to note that the Gavernrnent had made a major effort to get rid of some laws which discriminated against women. However, there were some questions on which she sought clarification. Ebr example, the report stated that women held senior posts in the central administration) however, that statement was very general. She would like to know how many women held senior posts, not only as civil servants but also in other sectors. With regard to article 10 of the O:>nvention, she wished to know what measures had been taken to eliminate illiteracy among women and girls, what percentage of women were not reached by the educational system and whether primary education was compulsory. With regard to article 16 of the Convention, she wished to know whether fathers and mothers had equal rights and responsibilities vis-a-vis their children during marriage and after its dissolution. S'1e also wished to know whether divorce was determined by the courts and what were the conditions and forms of divorce as defined by law. Concerning the Criminal Code, she had noted that, in cases of adultery, the penalty was heavier for women. In that respect, the law in force did not appear to be in line with the Convention. However, the Criminal Code offered some interesting solutions, such as those which made it a crime to desert the family and abandon or expose children. Those penalties might not be effective in every case, but they did serve an educational and preventive function. With regard to article 14 of the convention, she would be interested to know whether married women enjoyed full legal status under the same conditions as men. Finally, she wished to know whether the Government of !Manda had made any reservations to the convention upon ratifying it, whether any Government programme existed for the specific purpose of implementing the provisions of the Convention, and, if so, what the results of that programme had been. 32. Ms. BIRYUKaTA said that she had found no information in the report of Rdanda relating to the majority of the articles of the Convention. ?'b mention was made of legislative sanctions relatiny to discrimination against women in the areas of citizenship, children, articles 10 and 11 of the convention, social security and other forms of protection. Some provisions of the legislation referred to in the report were discriminatory in nature - for example, article 9 of the law of 28 February 1967, which provided for the exercise of certain rights by married women only, while excluding women of any other marital status. The Criminal Code of !Manda was also discriminatory vis-a-vis wome n in the matte r of the crime of adultery. Furthermore, the lack of information and statistical data on the status of women in !Manda made it difficult to dr aw conc lusions about the implementation of the provisions of the CPnvention. She wished to have more information on the proportion of women currently active in various qovernment organizations and their involvement in the labour force and tr ade unions. She also wished to know whether there were sanctions which could be applied or measures which could be taken in cases of discrimination against women in employment or of di s missal because of pregnancy. She also sought an explanation of the severe penalties imposed in !Manda for the advertising of various contrac:eptive methods and clarifications regarding the Government's demographic pclicy. 33. Ms. PATI~O s aid she took it that the report of lManda d e alt alnost exclusively with the adoption of legislative and j u::licial measures but included only a few administrative me asures, which ran c ounter t o the provisions of article 18 of the Convention. She wished to k now whether: t h e r e were c hild-care centres in !Manda I .. .