***************************************************************** This document has been made available in electronic format by the United Nations. Reproduction and dissemination of the document - in electronic and/or printed format - is encouraged, provided acknowledgement is made of the role of the United Nations in making it available. ***************************************************************** UNITED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL CEDAW/C/1995/3/Add.3 7 October 1994 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Fourteenth session 16 January-3 February 1995 Item 7 of the provisional agenda* * CEDAW/C/1995/1. IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 21 OF THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Reports provided by specialized agencies of the United Nations on the implementation of the Convention in areas falling within the scope of their activities Note by the Secretary-General Addendum UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Introductory note On behalf of the Committee, the Secretariat invited the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 13 June 1994, to submit to the Committee, by 1 September 1994, a report on information provided by States to UNESCO on the implementation of article 10 and related articles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which would supplement the information contained in the reports of those States parties to the Convention which will be considered at the fourteenth session. These are the latest reports of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Finland, Mauritius, Norway, Peru, Russian Federation, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Uganda. Other information sought by the Committee refers to the activities, programmes and policy decisions undertaken by UNESCO to promote the implementation of article 10 and related articles of the Convention. The report annexed hereto has been submitted in compliance with the Committee's request. Female literacy in Uganda: selected data _________________________________________________________________ Item Years Total Men Women _________________________________________________________________ Illiterate population: ratio (in %) 1990 51.7 37.8 65.1 Change in the number 1980 - of illiterates 1990 23.6 Source: World Education Report (UNESCO, 1993). Education _________________________________________________________________ Schooling Year Total* Men* Women* _________________________________________________________________ First level 1980 52.0 60.0 45.0 education: gross 1990 80.0 ratio First level 1980 39.0 43.0 35.0 education: net ratio Second level 1980 5.0 7.0 3.0 education: gross 1990 14.0 ratio Enrolment ratio at 1988 84.0 80.0 the primary level** Source: World Education Report (UNESCO, 1993). * Data in %. ** Source: Human Development Report (UNDP: Editions Economica, 1993). _________________________________________________________________ Teaching staff Year Total (%) Men(%) Women(%) _________________________________________________________________ First level 1980 30 Second level 1980 28 Registration ratio 1980 0.5 0.8 0.2 at the third level 1990 1.1 1.6 0.6 (gross) Source: World Education Report (UNESCO, 1993). Third level education: percentage of women in each field of study _________________________________________________________________ Field Year Percentage _________________________________________________________________ Natural sciences, engineering and agriculture 1990 12.0 Medical sciences 1990 22.0 Law and social sciences 1990 35.0 Humanities 1990 33.0 Education 1990 29.0 All fields 1990 28.0 Source: World Education Report (UNESCO, 1993). Gaps between men and women: Data for women as a percentage of the average data for men (= 100). A figure under 100 means that the datum for women is lower than the average for men; a figure over 100 means that the datum for women is higher than that for men. The smaller the ratio of the figure to 100, the larger the gap between the two sexes. _________________________________________________________________ Year Gap (%) _________________________________________________________________ Population 1990 102 Literacy 1970 58 1990 58 Average number of years of study 1990 41 _________________________________________________________________ Schooling _________________________________________________________________ Primary 1988-1990 88 Secondary 1988-1990 44 Third level education: percentage of women in each field of study* _________________________________________________________________ Field Year Percentage _________________________________________________________________ Natural sciences, engineering and agriculture 1990 12.0 Medical sciences 1990 22.0 Law and social sciences 1990 35.0 Humanities 1990 33.0 Education 1990 29.0 All fields 1990 28.0 Source: World Education Report (UNESCO, 1993). * Translator's note: This table is a duplicate of the one on p. 19. Gaps between men and women: Data for women as a percentage of the average data for men (= 100). A figure under 100 means that the datum for women is lower than the average for men; a figure over 100 means that the datum for women is higher than that for men. The smaller the ratio of the figure to 100, the larger the gap between the two sexes. _________________________________________________________________ Year Gap (%) _________________________________________________________________ Population 1990 102 Literacy 1970 58 1990 56 Average number of years of study 1990 41 _________________________________________________________________ Schooling _________________________________________________________________ Primary 1988-1990 88 Secondary 1988-1990 44 Higher 1988-1990 36 Source: Human Development Report (UNDP: Editions Economica, 1993). Miscellaneous _________________________________________________________________ Year Ratio (for women) _________________________________________________________________ Maternal mortality (per 100,000 births) 1988 700 Nurses per doctor 1984-1989 10.7 Female workforce (as % of total workforce) 1990 41 Source: Human Development Report (UNDP: Editions Economica, 1993). ANNEX II LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Dr. Izet AGANOVIC Chairman of the MERHAMET Movement Republic of Croatia Slavka Batusica 15 41000 ZAGREB Ms. Meliha AGANOVIC Director of the programme of assistance to families living outside the camps in Croatia c/o MERHAMET Slavka Batusica 15 41000 ZAGREB Dr. Catherine BONNET Child psychiatrist 20 rue du Dr. Roux 75015 PARIS Dr. Pierre BENGHOZI Psychiatrist 3 Villa Croix-Nivert 75115 PARIS Mr. Jean-Pierre COLIN Professor of Law University of Reims 21 rue Gabriel P‚ri 91120 MONTROUGE Dr. Vera FOLNEGOVICE Psychiatrist Klinika za Psihijatrijske bolesti Bolnika Vrapce Bolnika 32 41000 ZAGREB V‚ronique NAOUM GRAPP Anthropologist 54 rue Lhommond 75005 PARIS Dr. Dragica KOZARIC-KOVACIC Psychiatrist Klinika za Psihijatrijske bolesti Bolnika Vrapce Bolnika 32 41000 ZAGREB Mr. Michel LAVAL Jurist 1 rue Ville de l'Evˆque 75008 PARIS Dr. Narciza SARIJLIC "RUKE" Dobri Dol 23/1 Mme 41000 ZAGREB Ms. Vesna STANOJEVIC c/o SOS Hot Line for Women and Children Victims of Violence Fax 38 1 11 402 283 BELGRADE Ms. Annette WIEVIROKA Historian Director of Research at CNRS 7 rue Taylor 75010 PARIS UNESCO Wassyla TAMZALI Coordinator of activities relating to women OBSERVERS H.E. Mr. Nicolas KOVAC Ambassador of Bosnia in France H.E. Mr. Pulat TACAR Ambassador of Turkey to UNESCO Ms. Pascale DEPRE Deputy Permanent Representative of Belgium NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Ms. Gilberte DJIAN World Jewish Congress Ms. Vivian MOUNIER F‚d‚ration nationale Solidarit‚ Femmes Ms. Micheline GUITON International Abolitionist Federation Ms. Suzanne THIEBERT Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Ms. Juliette RENAULT International Pax Christi