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(f)
To prevent and eliminate all forms of violence and sexual harassment against
women and girls in all settings, including public and private life, means of public transport,
schools and workplaces, particularly workplaces that are largely male-dominated or where
stereotyped roles prevail, by, inter alia, implementing effective violence-prevention and
response activities, including by facilitating effective action after sexual harassment has
been committed by holding perpetrators to account and providing victims with access to
remedies and protection, engaging men and boys, educating children from a young age
about the importance of treating all people with dignity and respect, and by designing
educational programmes and training materials that support gender equality, human rights,
respectful relationships and non-violent behaviour;
(g)
To ensure access to justice and accountability mechanisms for the effective
implementation and enforcement of laws aimed at preventing and eliminating all forms of
discrimination and violence against women and girls, in all contexts, including by
informing women and girls about their rights under relevant laws and by improving legal
infrastructure and removing all barriers to access to legal counselling, assistance and
remedies;
(h)
To ensure the equal enjoyment by women and girls of quality education,
including at all levels human rights education and training, in a safe environment, leading
to effective learning outcomes, thereby facilitating their access to information and
communications technology and science, and technology, engineering and mathematics
education in order to promote their empowerment and to allow them to develop the skills,
information and knowledge necessary to support their labour market entry;
6.
Encourages States to prioritize the allocation of funds, both internationally
and domestically, to support women’s and girls’ full and equal enjoyment of all human
rights, including by mainstreaming gender equality in the process of conceiving, planning,
approving, executing, analysing and ordering budgets, to ensure that their legal and policy
commitments bear results, and to implement active and sustained measures to promote
good practices in the eradication of discrimination and the promotion of women’s and girls’
empowerment, including measures focused on attitudinal and behavioural change that
cultivate an environment in which good practices in achieving gender equality in law and in
practice can thrive;
7.
Urges States to promote and protect sexual and reproductive health and
reproductive rights, in accordance with the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme
of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the outcome
documents of their review conferences, and to respect, protect and fulfil the right of every
woman to have full control over and decide freely and responsibly on all matters relating to
her sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, free from discrimination, coercion and
violence, including through the removal of legal barriers and the development and
enforcement of policies, good practices and legal frameworks that respect bodily autonomy
and guarantee universal access to sexual and reproductive health, services, evidence-based
information and education, including for family planning, safe and effective methods of
modern contraception, emergency contraception, prevention programmes for adolescent
pregnancy, maternal health care, such as skilled birth assistance and emergency obstetric
care, safe abortion in accordance with international human rights law and where not against
national law, the prevention and treatment of reproductive tract infections, sexually
transmitted infections, HIV and reproductive cancers and the integration of sexual and
reproductive health into national health strategies and programmes;
8.
Also urges States to develop, support and protect an enabling environment for
the full participation of women’s civil society organizations and women human rights
defenders in the creation, design and implementation of all legislation and policies relevant
to substantive gender equality, as well as when adopting and implementing good practices
conducive for the sustainable application of equality and empowerment measures for
women and girls, and also to consider the application of the good practices framework for
the creation and maintenance of a safe and enabling environment for civil society
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