 -  - m or more). Large shade trees (canopy trees) have been adopted and used in the design of road networks to reduce noise, pollution and heat, especially in the summer. Summary of the Ministry of Education’s response: The entity stated that it takes a keen interest in the issue of promoting societal culture and raising its awareness of environmental concepts through implementing a set of measures aimed at consolidating best practices related to the promotion of the right to a safe and healthy environment. Among those measures are: integrating environmental issues into the contents of educational curricula and courses, addressing this topic in core educational subjects, formulating new courses and lessons to promote the right to a safe and healthy environment, and implementing a set of programs and activities that encourage environmental best practices. The concerned entity explained that its educational curricula, programs and school activities aim to promote a culture of planting trees and agriculture. Summary of the Supreme Council for Environment’s response: The Supreme Council indicated that it cooperates with the Ministry of Education in spreading environmental culture and boosting the role of teachers and students in preserving the environment, as well as in developing educational curricula to enhance those values among school students, while organizing educational trips to Qurum Nature Reserve and other environmental sites. - The Council added that it gives awareness lectures related to the environment, especially on the problem of household waste and its management and planting trees, and it launches online awareness campaigns highlighting the responsibilities of the individual towards the environment and sponsors frequent campaigns to clean the islands and beaches. Requirement Two Recommendations of the Seminar on “Women’s Rights and Equal Pay” 1) Text of the Recommendation: Spread awareness among girls and women by raising the level of higher education in various fields such as information technology, mathematics and engineering. 2) Text of the Recommendation: Follow-up and evaluate periodically the recommendations of the National Plan for the Advancement of Women, the implementation of its outputs, and the extent of progress achieved, and disseminate the recommendations through various media. 3) Text of the Recommendation: Continue to strive for greater societal culture regarding not limiting certain jobs to a specific gender, color, race, or religion. 4) Text of the Recommendation: Increase the involvement of the most vulnerable groups such as women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly in the field of training, technology and science. 5) Text of the Recommendation: Continue supporting the rights of women in the areas of training and capacity building, and take part in raising the minimum wage 51