A/HRC/48/5 122.202 Adopt a rule that strictly prohibits child marriage, with criminal and administrative sanctions for non-compliance. Along the same lines, provide employment and training opportunities to women and girls so that they have alternatives to marriage (Costa Rica); 122.203 Promote the participation of women in peace processes and conflict prevention, especially through training activities for women on mediation, conflict management and peace mechanisms (Costa Rica); 122.204 Increase women’s participation in political life (Egypt); 122.205 Promote women’s human rights, including their sexual and reproductive rights, prevent early marriage and enhance the fight against sexual violence (Estonia); 122.206 Step up efforts to increase the enrolment of women and girls in schools (Ethiopia); 122.207 Protect the rights of women and girls, including by lifting the reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (France); 122.208 Step up efforts to improve the promotion and protection of women’s rights (Georgia); 122.209 Raise the minimum legal age of marriage for girls to 18 years, as is already the case for boys, and take decisive steps to prevent child marriages (Germany); 122.210 Strengthen efforts to protect women and girls from all forms of violence and implement a strategy to eliminate negative cultural practices that are harmful and discriminate against women and girls (Ghana); 122.211 Put an end to the practice of female genital mutilation, which is an “unacceptable custom”, through the promotion of policies that empower young women to resist such violence and pave the way for a cultural transformation (Holy See); 122.212 Combat harmful practices against women and girls, including female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage (Ireland); 122.213 Reinforce gender equality in law and in practice and continue to implement the 2017 Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response Strategy (Italy); 122.214 Eliminate all harmful practices such as child marriage, forced marriage and female genital mutilation (Japan); 122.215 Scale up measures to empower women, including promoting their employment and that of young people, as well as enhancing awareness and training of women for public office positions in the Niger (Kenya); 122.216 Improve women’s access to the formal labour market and ensure that all women are covered by a social protection scheme (Turkey); 122.217 Take all necessary measures, both in law and in practice, to combat female genital mutilation, as well as child, early and forced marriage (Latvia); 122.218 Beef up measures to fight early child marriage and female genital mutilation (Lesotho); 122.219 Increase efforts to eliminate all harmful and discriminatory practices against women and girls, such as child and forced marriage and female genital mutilation (Argentina); 122.220 Pursue efforts for the empowerment and employability of women (Morocco); GE.21-09329 21

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