Key trends and challenges to the right of all individuals to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the Internet 2011, para. 59
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The United Nations Girls' Education Initiative, evolving from the Millennium Villages project, is an example of "e-education" initiatives which also help promote girls' education. This initiative has launched a global campaign to promote universal and equality Internet access in secondary education in developing countries, with an emphasis on girls' education. ICT skills will be used to enhance the quality of education and to connect schoolchildren worldwide.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Education
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
Children
Girls
Year
2011
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Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/290, para. 59.