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The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee takes note of the measures adopted following the Second Congress of Women organized by the Organization of Women of Angola (OMA), namely the establishment of the Association of Women in Undertakings (ASSOMEL) and of the legal advisory centres for women, and the resolution adopted by the Third Congress of the MLPA/Labour Party in December 1990, which emphasizes the decisive role of the Angolan woman and the need to adopt a set of measures to ensure equal opportunities in the various social fields. The Committee asks the Government to supply information on the activities of the Association of Women in Undertakings and on those of the legal advisory centres for women.

2. The Committee takes note of Executive Decree No. 30/91 of 5 July 1991 to establish a flexible and diversified system of education, and in particular of its provisions concerning the establishment of vocational training schools. The Committee also notes the Government's statement that in the course of 1990, OMA trained a total of 1,507 women in the specialized professions of rural monitor and legal adviser. The Committee again asks the Government to supply statistics on the number and proportion of persons of each sex who have received the vocational training provided by the various vocational training schools pursuant to Decree No. 30/91 and on the number of women trained by OMA.

3. The Committee takes note of the statistical data consolidated in 1990 and supplied by the Government, according to which the proportion of women employed in the public administration in 1988 was very much smaller than the proportion of men (of the order of 27.68 per cent). The Committee draws the Government's attention to this situation which, in its opinion, could be improved through the adoption of positive measures to promote the employment of women in the public administration. The Committee hopes that the Government's next report will contain information, including statistics, on recent developments concerning the number of women employed in the public administration or holding posts of responsibility.

4. The Committee has noted the Government's statement that the list of occupations barred to women which is prescribed under section 154(2) of the General Labour Act has not yet been adopted. The Committee asks the Government to supply this list as soon as it is adopted.