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e)
Promote and protect the rights of young people living in the
diaspora;
f)
Encourage young people in the diaspora to engage themselves in
development activities in their country of origin.
Article 22: Leisure, Recreation, Sportive and Cultural Activities
1.
Young people shall have the right to rest and leisure and to engage in play
and recreational activities that are part of a health lifestyle as well as to
participate freely in sport, physical education drama, the arts, music and
other forms of cultural life. In this regard, States Parties shall:
a)
Make provision for equal access for young men and young women
to sport, physical education, cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure
activities;
b)
Put in place adequate infrastructure and services in rural and urban
areas for youth to participate in sport, physical education, cultural,
artistic, recreational and leisure activities.
Article 23: Girls and Young Women
1.
States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against
girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various
international, regional and national human rights conventions and
instruments designed to protect and promote women’s rights. In this
regard, they shall:
a)
Introduce legislative measures that eliminate all forms of
discrimination against girls and young women and ensure their
human rights and fundamental freedoms;
b)
Ensure that girls and young women are able to participate actively,
equally and effectively with boys at all levels of social, educational,
economic, political, cultural, civic life and leadership as well as
scientific endeavours;
c)
Institute programmes to make girls and young women aware of their
rights and of opportunities to participate as equal members of
society;
d)
Guarantee universal and equal access to and completion of a
minimum of nine years of formal education;
e)
Guarantee equal access to and completion of vocational, secondary
and higher education in order to effectively address the existing
imbalance between young men and women in certain professions;