APIA, Samoa (August 5, 2002 - Samoa Observer/PINA Nius Online)---While more boys than girls drop out of school in Samoa census, figures show more men received university education than women, a workshop heard.
The workshop was called to discuss details of a report a committee of the Samoan government compiled. It was among initiatives to put into effect the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Women from all sectors were invited to the presentation of the committee's report.
The report said the Samoan constitution provides protection against discrimination. It "prohibits any laws and any actions by the State that discriminate against any person on the grounds of descent, sex, language."
The report says that in public life in 2001 in Samoa, there were three women MPs, one minister, seven heads of departments, one head of statutory bodies, and 18 assistant directors.
In the judiciary, there are no female judges but...