CEDllW/C/SR.37 English Page 12 38. Ms. ILIC said she wished to have additional information aoout the implenentation of article 9 of the Cbnvention (cooc:erning nationality), article 10 (concerning education and training) and article 16 (concerning marriage and the family). 39. Ms. PEYTCHEVA wished to know, in connection with article 10 of the Convention, what conditions and opportunities the GOvernnent provided for young wonen in terms of vocational guidance. The µ:oportion of women attending school was not very high. She asked what measures the GOvernment had taken to prevent the problem of school drop-outs. With regard to article 11 of the Convention, she wished to know whether women received sickness or disability benefits and whether maternity leave could be taken before a child was born. fhe also asked if there was free obstetrical care. 40. Ms. GONZALEZ MARTINEZ asked for more information about specific measures aimed at implenenting articles 10, 12 and 14 of the convention. She asked why the penalty for adultery was more severe for women than for men, since, if the underlying reason for that measure had been that adulterous women miyht bring into the home children from different fathers, the same consideration might hold in the case of men. 41. Ms. NGUYEN NGOC DUNG praised the clear and concise introduction by the representative of .a,,anda and said that she could understand how the problems of women increased in an underdeveloped country experiencing major economic difficulties and in which women had just begun their struggle against inequality. In that connection, the efforts of the GOvernment to adopt legislative measures aimed at ensuring women's equality and their involvement in the country's political life and development were even more commendable. She noted the brevity of the report; the data which it contained were insufficient to provide an overview of the true status of women and did not specifically correspond to the provisions of the convention. She hoped that the answers to questions being asked would help to fill in the gaps in the report. 42. fhe requested that a precise description of women's situation in the country's political life and in the management of national affairs should be provided; if possible, the number of women holding decision-making posts in various sectors of activity should be indicated. Likewise, it would be useful to know the role of women in economic development and cultural life and women's involvement in individual sectors of production~ farming, industry, education and other. In addition, it was important to know what the country had achieved in the area of maternal and child welfare. Were there nurseries, kindergartens and other facilities for children? It was also important to know what measures had been adopted by the Government to eradicate illiteracy and promote the vocational training of women, to facilitate their tasks as mothers and wives and to µ:ovide them with better access to education. Were there any women's non-qovernrnental organizations in &/anda which had those objectives? Generally speaking, what obstacles and factors continued to block the full implementation of the provisions of the Convention? 43. Ms. CORT.ES, after congratulating Miss Baziyaka on her excellent introduction of the report of ~anda, asked for an explanation of the country's demographic I . ..