Gender equality
Women have basically achieved parity in participation in most areas of undergraduate and coursework postgraduate study. However, there are still some areas such as engineering and architecture where women are under represented. Again, there are fewer women these days undertaking post graduate study. This is partly due to financial restraints and less funding options to undertake this level of study. We feel more emphasis is required to make all careers at all levels of education more accessible to women. Girls in general have excellent completion rates and results at junior and senior high school level.
One of the main legislative advances made in the past decade is making it illegal to dismiss an employee because of pregnancy. Legislation also attempts to ensure her entitlement to return to employment after a period of paid or unpaid maternity leave, but there has been little attempt to review the practical efficacy of this legislation. Moreover, the positive effect of this development is probably outweighed by the failure to introduce universal paid maternity leave. We support the government's idea of combining gender mainstreaming and gender specific measures to accelerate equality for women.
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