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Convention/Treaty Body
CRC-55(a)
With reference to General Comment No. 9 (2006) on the rights of children with disabilities, the Committee urges the State party to adopt a human rights-based approach to disability, set up a comprehensive strategy, based on disaggregated statistical data, for the inclusion of children with disabilities and:55(a) Allocate sufficient resources for the full implementation of the Protection and Financial Assistance to Persons with Disabilities Act;
Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRC-55(b)
Ensure that all children with disabilities are included in the disability registry and remove any existing financial or other obstacles to such registration; NSPA
Convention on the Rights of the Child
CEDAW - 35
The State party should: (a) Take measures to enhance awareness among women employees, including migrant women, about the provisions of the Employment Act, in particular on sexual harassment, and about remedies available to protect their rights; (b) Provide sex-disaggregated data on the position of women in the labour market and reduce the gender pay gap, including by addressing occupational sex segregation and enforcing the principle of equal pay for work of equal value; (c) Design and implement public policies to extend social protection coverage to women in the informal economy and self-employed women; (d) Address obstacles preventing women from entering the labour market by implementing measures to promote the reconciliation of family and work responsibilities of women and men; (e) Regulate and monitor the working conditions of migrant women employed as domestic workers in order to protect them from exploitative labour, through increased inspections and the imposition of fines on abusive employers; (f) Promote opportunities for women to seek employment in the tourism sector.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
CEDAW - 39
The State party should develop positive measures to ensure that women equally benefit from all social schemes in place in the State party, and, in particular, increase the participation of women, including self employed women, in the retirement pension scheme.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
UPR - 141.120
Continue advancing the rights of persons with disabilities by increasing its financial assistance and developing regulation on minimum standards for the enjoyment of their human rights
Universal Periodic Review
2021-44
44. The Committee recommends that the State party carry out a gender impact analysis of the tax reforms and develop and implement policies and programmes based on the findings of the study that promote and safeguard the human rights of women and take into account the impact of these tax reforms on women, especially single-women-headed households and women living in poverty
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
133.176
133.176 Continue to strengthen its sound social programmes for the benefit of its population, with special emphasis on those most in need (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela);
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle
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