A/HRC/RES/32/20
Children’s Fund, the World Bank, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations
Development Programme, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, held in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 19 to 22 May 2015, and the declaration
“Education 2030: Towards inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning
for all”, adopted at the Forum,
Noting with appreciation the work carried out by all relevant organs, bodies and
mechanisms of the United Nations system within their respective mandates, in particular
the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, and the efforts of organizations and civil society to promote girls’
enjoyment of the right to education,
Deeply concerned that, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, none of the Education for All goals had been achieved globally by
2015, despite the advances that had been achieved over the past decade,
Deeply concerned also that, despite progress in recent years, many girls, including
girls with disabilities and those belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minority
groups, continue to suffer severe discrimination and exclusion in education systems
throughout their lives, and that almost one third of all countries have not achieved parity in
primary education,
Deeply concerned further that humanitarian crises and armed conflicts are depriving
children, especially girls, of access to education,
Strongly condemning attacks on and the abduction of girls because they attend or
wish to attend school, deploring all attacks, including terrorist attacks, on educational
institutions as such, their students and staff, and recognizing the negative impact that such
attacks have on the progressive realization of the right to education, in particular of girls,
Reaffirming the equal right of every child to education without discrimination of any
kind, and noting the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination often faced by girls,
Deeply concerned that girls’ access to education continues to be impaired by social
and cultural stereotypes, violence against girls and the targeting of schools by violent
extremist movements and terrorist groups,
Determined to continue to make the progressive realization of the right to education
a reality for every girl,
Recognizing that education is a multiplier right that empowers women and girls to
make choices to claim their human rights, including the right to participate in public affairs,
and to participate fully in the making of decisions that shape society,
1.
Welcomes the convening, at its twenty-ninth session, of a panel discussion on
realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl with a view to sharing
lessons learned and best practices, and the summary report of the discussion prepared by
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;2
2.
Urges all States to strengthen and intensify their efforts to realize
progressively the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl, such as by taking
the necessary and appropriate measures:
(a)
To eliminate discrimination against girls in education and to remove all
obstacles that hinder the right to education of every girl, including discriminatory laws and
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A/HRC/30/23.