24 - 24. (a) It is the responsibility of the State and Political Parties, to facilitate women with equal opportunities as men in all levels of the political arena. (b) Under the present Act, it is the responsibility of the Ministry to work towards the provision of help and training, in facilitating women to participate and take initiative in all levels of the political arena, on an equal footing with men. (c) Under the present Act, it is the responsibility of any government in place to work towards facilitating women with equal opportunities as men, in appointing persons to positions in government, in working at all levels of government, in representing the government at the international level, and in participating in the work of international organizations. (d) Under the present Act, it is the responsibility of political parties to work towards facilitating women with equal opportunities as men, in running for candidacy in an elected post, and in fielding candidates for such posts.

18 - (a) Offices of the State and businesses, in the execution of their roles shall take all appropriate steps to achieve the following goals. (1) Abolish gender based discrimination, including direct and indirect discrimination stipulated in this Act. (2) Abolish all systemic discrimination caused through established systems with unequal practices. (3) Promote equal opportunities for men and women. (4) Promote notions and ideas of gender equality to eliminate undesired preconceptions against a certain gender. (b) The promotion of equal opportunity as stated in (a) (3) of this Article shall include the following. (1) The elimination of weakness or difficulty caused by inequality between men and women. (2) Reduce the negative effects of inequality between men and women. (3) Take appropriate steps to facilitate the special needs of a particular gender to achieve ease of attainment of services. (4) Evaluate the degree of participation of each gender in public life and public services and take appropriate steps to balance such participation. (c) Exceptions stated in (a) of this Article shall not apply to parties with public responsibility. (d) For the purposes of this present Act, a particular benefit afforded to a specific gender by an office of the State or a business, through the execution of responsibilities stated in this Article shall not translate to permissible discrimination.

22 - As per the stipulations of the present Act, it is the responsibility of all personnel in educational service institutions to undertake the following: (a) To promote the principle of equality between men and women through the educational curriculum and to promote the principle of equality amongst all people and their entitlement to rights and opportunities without discrimination. (b) To represent both men and women equally in the curriculum and while teaching, without assigning particular roles to them, regardless the biological differences between men and women. (c) To provide equal opportunities to both men and women in acquiring education, reaping the benefits of education, training, learning, acquiring skills, acquiring knowledge, reaping the benefits of subjects related to science and technology, and in invention and innovation. (d) To equally provide boys and girls with education related to adolescent health. (e) To establish gender equality within extracurricular activities amongst students; to open up equal opportunities for men and women in such activities; and to encourage reaping the benefits of such opportunities. 16 (f) To provide information and training on the establishment of gender equality, for all teachers and administrative staff of schools, within teacher training programmes and in the professional development of teachers. (g) To promote equality between men and women and to increase the participation of women, in all institutions working on the provision of education and skills training programmes.

38 - The following are measures that can be taken under Article 37 of the present Act (a) Passing legislation or conducting programmes or activities in order to achieve one of the following objectives; (1) Creating a conducive environment for women to attain equality in results. (2) Taking steps, to review the distribution of power and resources amongst men and women, or to expedite the establishment of genuine equality, with the objective of solving the issue of the low participation of women at different levels of the political arena. (3) Taking steps for the improvement of the situation of persons who: suffer from being disadvantaged for more than a single reason; are victims of gender based discrimination; or are disadvantaged. (b) Providing special protections to a particular gender, under the situations defined in part (a) of Article 9 of the present Act, to establish genuine equality, for the purpose of the present Act. (c) Providing special protections to women to safeguard them from gender-based violence against women and girls as defined in Article 14 of the present Act.

CEDAW Article 7 - Article 7 States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the political and public life of the country and, in particular, shall ensure to women, on equal terms with men, the right: (a) To vote in all elections and public referenda and to be eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies; (b) To participate in the formulation of government policy and the implementation thereof and to hold public office and perform all public functions at all levels of government; (c) To participate in non-governmental organizations and associations concerned with the public and political life of the country.