CEDAW/C/PHL/CO/7-8 ensure that the committees on decorum and investigation that are established in schools and mandated to accept complaints of sexual harassment do not in effect hinder the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators of sexual violence and harassment at schools by formal criminal justice bodies; (e) Develop operational guidelines for schools and provide training for teachers in order to deliver high-quality, age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights for all girls and boys, including those with disabilities. Employment 35. The Committee welcomes the removal of the prohibition on night work for women and the adoption of the Domestic Workers Act, but remains concerned about: (a) Women’s overrepresentation in the informal sector; (b) Persistent occupational gender concentrated in social and caregiving work; segregation, with women being (c) The wide gender wage gap in the State party and the restrictive interpretation of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value; (d) Widespread sexual harassment in the workplace and the prevalence of impunity. 36. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Intensify measures to increase the protection of human rights for women working in the informal sector and efforts to facilitate the entry of women workers into the formal sector, including through use of temporary special measures for women belonging to minority groups; (b) Eliminate horizontal and vertical gender segregation in the labour market, including by adopting temporary special measures to promote access for women to employment; (c) Expedite the amendment of the Labour Code to expand the list of prohibited acts of discrimination against women on account of sex and the adoption of pending bills to expand the definition of sexual harassment to include peer sexual harassment, and increase penalties for such crimes; (d) Strengthen efforts to investigate and impose sanctions for sexual harassment in the workplace, whether committed in the public or private sector, in line with the Committee’s general recommendation No. 19 (1992) on violence against women; (e) Establish objective job evaluation schemes for the application of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value in accordance with the Convention and the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), of ILO. 10/16 16-12874

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