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administration and transfer in rural areas, and ensure equal access to justice and legal
assistance in this regard;
(ff)
Take measures to remove structural barriers and improve the financial
inclusion and literacy of all women and girls by developing financial and digital
literacy programmes and advisory services in, inter alia, banking, modern trading and
financial procedures; promote the full and equal access of women to formal financial
services, resources and products, including timely and affordable credit, savings,
insurance and remittance transfer schemes, as well as innovative tools and platforms,
such as online and mobile banking, payment platforms and digitalized payments; and
adopt, pursue or review national financial inclusion strategies, in consultation with
relevant stakeholders, consider including financial inclusion as a policy objective in
regulation and mainstream a gender perspective into finance sector policy and
regulations;
(gg) Promote, respect, protect and fulfil the right to quality education for all
women and girls throughout their life course and at all levels, especially for those
who have been left furthest behind, in particular for girls living in poverty, including
by protecting and investing in public education systems, and infrastructure, including
access to electricity, safe water, sanitation and hygiene, including menstrual hygiene,
as well as by eliminating barriers and discriminatory laws and practices using
innovative approaches that tackle the root causes of gender inequality; provide
universal access to safe, inclusive, equal and non-discriminatory quality education;
create conditions for gender-sensitive, safe and inclusive digital learning environments,
and foster, as appropriate, intercultural and multilingual education for all and recognize
traditional and ancestral knowledge for Indigenous women and girls; strengthen
efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence and harassment against all
women and girls, including adolescent girls, on the way to and from and at school
and other educational institutions, and eliminate negative social norms and gender
stereotypes in education systems;
(hh) Promote and invest in quality, equitable, affordable, accessible and
inclusive education, lifelong learning, reskilling, and vocational training and studies
for all women and girls, including adolescent girls, including free and compulsory
primary and secondary education, education in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics, as well as literacy and financial and digital education, leadership
training, career development, scholarships and fellowships as well as vocational and
technical education and training, including for pregnant adolescents and young
mothers, as well as single mothers, to enable them to continue and complete their
education, and provide quality education for those who did not receive formal
education, as well as special initiatives for keeping girls in school through early
childhood, primary, secondary education, and for promoting women ’s access to
tertiary education, to ensure that they acquire the knowledge and skills to attain highquality jobs and participate in the sustainable economy;
(ii)
Take concrete measures to realize the right to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standards of physical and mental health for all women and girls ,
reduce out-of-pocket spending that further exacerbates the situation of women
experiencing poverty and ensure access, including through universally accessible
primary health-care and support services and social protection mechanisms, to
gender-responsive, safe, available, affordable, accessible, quality and inclusive
health-care services, including those related to mental health, maternal and neonatal
health, menstrual health and hygiene management and all communicable and
non-communicable diseases and ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive
health-care services, including for family planning, information and education;
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