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Re: Oslo Donors' Conference: Sudanese Women's Priorities (Re: hala alahmadi)
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V. BASIC SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES Provide access to safe drinking water
Support programmes to halt the spread of communicable diseases and other public health issues, including the impact of environmental degradation on health.
Enforce and/or enact laws to eradicate all harmful traditional practices that have an impact on the health of women and girls.
Provide free comprehensive reproductive health services in every state, with at least one maternity hospital, well equipped with facilities and at least one ambulance for emergency cases.
Support and facilitate the introduction of mobile outreach clinics and establish community-based pharmacies, to be managed and owned by the communities.
Strengthen gender-responsive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and access to antiretroviral drugs, including by establishing voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) centers at the community level and strengthening HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns throughout the country.
EDUCATION
Provide free and compulsory primary education to all girls and boys.
Support reform of the education system, including curricula (gender mainstreaming), training, feeding programmes and improved school environment.
Reduce gender disparities in education enrolment and drop-out rates for primary, secondary, tertiary and post-graduate levels, with priority given to war-affected and marginalized areas.
Provide education and training for adolescent girls. Establish a special scholarship and bursary fund for the education of girls, especially those from families with limited resources, widows and war orphans.
Establish special education programmes and schools for children with disabilities.
Promote and support accelerated adult education, adult literacy programmes and functional literacy that directly target women, particularly in South Sudan.
Introduce and support vocational training opportunities for adult learners, targeting women in particular.
Support multi-media information and communication strategies, especially radio services, for communities with high levels of illiteracy and limited access to communication infrastructure.
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