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The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's report.

1. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes with interest that the Maternity Protection Law, 1987 (No. 54) entered into force on 10 April 1987.

2. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to indicate any measures taken or envisaged by the Industrial Training Authority (ITA) to develop and maintain a system for collecting statistics to document, among other things, the participation in vocational training by various groups. The Committee notes with interest that separate statistical data regarding the number of male and female trainees attending courses of the ITA were made available as from 1989. It further notes that for the statistics provided for 1989 and for the first half of 1990, female trainees comprised 33.44 per cent and 34.11 per cent, respectively, of the total number of trainees. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information concerning the participation of women in ITA courses, including details on any measures being taken or contemplated to encourage women to enrol in and complete training programmes.

3. As concerns the participation of women in management posts in the public service, the Committee notes with interest that the number of women who are either professionals or hold administrative/management positions in government services (excluding education) is steadily increasing and that in recent years women have started to occupy the most senior positions in the government hierarchy and to participate in the management boards of several governmental and semi-governmental organisations. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply statistical information in this respect, as well as details on any measures being taken in practice to improve the situation of women in public employment. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee requests the Government to provide any data concerning the participation of women in the private sector and to indicate any measures being taken or contemplated to promote equality of opportunity and treatment in employment for private sector female employees.

4. The Committee has noted the information provided by the Government concerning the elimination of wage discrimination between men and women in its consideration, at its present session, of the Government's first report on the application of the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100).