Timor Leste CEDAW Specific Report on Education and Health Sectors

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Table of Contents ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................... iINTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... ivA. HEALTH SECTOR .............................................................................................................................. 1Reproductive Health ............................................................................................................................... 1Ante and Post-Natal Care ..................................................................................................................... 4................................................................................. 6Sexually Transmitted Infections, including HIV/AIDS .......................................................................... 7Family Planning (FP).............................................................................................................................. 9Prevention of Early Pregnancy ........................................................................................................... 10Sex-Education for Students ................................................................................................................. 11Maternal, Child and Infant Mortality ................................................................................................. 12Research on the Root Causes of Maternal and Child Mortality ......................................................... 12Mental Health ........................................................................................................................................ 13Health Management Information System (H M IS) ............................................................................ 15B. EDUCATION SECTOR ..................................................................................................................... 16Female enrollment in primary and secondary education .................................................................. 16Scholarships for girls .......................................................................................................................... 16Illiteracy ................................................................................................................................................. 17Programs to reduce illiteracy ............................................................................................................. 18Literacy programs in Local languages and Portuguese ..................................................................... 19Reducing Girls Drop-out ...................................................................................................................... 19-out .................................................................................................... 20Teenage pregnancy ............................................................................................................................. 20Security for Girls ................................................................................................................................... 21Sexual abuse, corporal punishment and mechanisms to report teachers and sanctions on teachers . 21Government initiatives for an educational environment free from discrimination and violence........ 24ANNEXES .................................................................................................................................................. 26Annex 1 : Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discriminationagainst Women to <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> ........................................................................................................... 27<strong>CEDAW</strong> <strong>Specific</strong> <strong>Report</strong> on Education and Health Sectors <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> | iii
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