Ms. Dairiam enquired as to the status of implementation of the national plan to promote equal opportunities for women.

Ms. Gabr asked what the Government's view was on the role of women in economic, social and cultural activities.

Upon enquiry, the Committee received limited information on a possible role for individual entities of the United Nations system.

Ms. Bokpé Gnacadja enquired as to the composition of the National Coordination Committee, the institutions represented on it, the nature of its programmes and activities and their impact on society.

Lastly, she enquired about the success of the newly adopted Children's Act 2005, and about its provisions with regard to female genital mutilation.

Ms. Tan enquired about the impact of Law 66 96 on sexual violence which had been in effect for six years.

Given the wide differences in the publication mechanisms of the commissions, she wondered whether any attempt been made to share information on that subject.

Ms. Khan asked whether Ireland's forthcoming Employment Permits Bill would adopt an approach that would protect the migrant worker's right to employment.

Ms. Šimonović inquired what role women had played in the preparation of the report, and requested the Government to provide in future a greater number of sex disaggregated statistics.

Lastly, she enquired as to the relationship between Vision 2020 and the National Policy for the Advancement of Gambian Women and asked whether the former included a gender equality component.

Lastly, she enquired whether the Ministry was in contact with its counterparts in other African countries that had customary laws with a view to codifying such laws and bringing them into line with constitutional and statutory provisions.

Second, she enquired whether individuals who did not hold chiefly titles were eligible for election as village mayors and whether such titles could be bestowed upon individuals under the age of 21.

Ms. Tan asked whether the bilingual (Spanish Guaraní) programmes that had been introduced into the educational system had succeeded in promoting the integration of the Guaraní speaking population into the mainstream.

Welcoming the revisions in school textbooks (CEDAW C BEN 1 3, para. 5.4), she enquired about additional measures to transform mentalities through the media and to ensure the effectiveness of changes in school curricula.

Lastly, she enquired whether the Turkish Constitution or any other national law contained a definition of discrimination against women that was in line with the definition set forth in article 1 of the Convention and which encompassed direct and indirect discrimination in all fields.

In that connection, she suggested that legislation should be enacted to ensure that political parties respected the principle of non discrimination and enquired whether it would be possible to introduce an electoral list system whereby women and men would have an equal chance of being elected to office.

Regarding the process of decentralization, which made the local authorities responsible for poverty reduction at the grass roots, including among rural women, she asked what system was in place to ensure that rural women actually benefited from poverty reduction policies.

Which, she wondered, was the actual minimum age for marriage, 18 or 21?