Child, early and forced marriage A/RES/79/158 and violence against all women and girls in digital contexts, including violence that occurs through or is amplified by the use of technology; 21. Calls upon Member States, to ensure the continuation of education in emergencies, that school closures are a last resort and that girls are protected and supported in returning to school once it is deemed safe to do so, and in this regard calls upon Member States and other relevant stakeholders to take the appropriate measures in order to ensure proper training of teachers and other educational professionals and the availability of and access to learning materials and remote learning platforms to ensure learning continuity in emergencies, and to bridge the digital divide, including barriers such as poor access to connectivity, lack of affordability of connection and devices, digital illiteracy, limited digital skills, absence of locally relevant digital content, and gender stereotypes and negative social norms, in order to provide non-formal and distance learning opportunities, inter alia, Internet, television and radio teaching alternatives, especially in developing countries; 22. Encourages States to adopt, as appropriate, and implement inclusive policies and programmes to promote technical and vocational training and skills development and lifelong learning opportunities, including in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and in information and communications technology, as well as higher educational opportunities for women and girls, including those at risk of or affected by child, early and forced marriage, so as to enable them to gain the knowledge, attitudes and skills that they need to fulfil their full potential; 23. Urges States to address and eliminate the root causes of gender inequality, including gender stereotypes and negative social norms, harmful attitudes, behaviours and customs, and the socioeconomic drivers of violence and unequal power relations in which women and girls are viewed as subordinate to men and boys, which condone or perpetuate all forms of violence against women and girls and perpetuate child, early and forced marriage, by developing and implementing, inter alia, robust and comprehensive interventions addressing the gender inequality and the social norms that underlie the practice, and awareness-raising programmes that provide accurate information about the negative impact of child, early and forced marriage on women and girls and society at large, including through social media, the Internet and community communication and dissemination tools; 24. Urges Governments to promote, respect and protect the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, through the development and enforcement of policies and legal frameworks and the strengthening of health systems, including health information systems, that make universally accessible and available quality, gender-responsive, adolescent-friendly health services, sexual and reproductive healthcare services, information, education and commodities, social protection, HIV and AIDS prevention, testing, treatment and care, mental health and psychosocial support services, nutrition interventions and prevention, treatment of and care for obstetric fistula and other obstetric complications by providing the continuum of services, including family planning, access to quality and safe maternal healthcare services to reduce the risks associated with early and frequent pregnancy and childbirth, including prenatal, perinatal and postnatal care, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetr ic care and post-partum care, as well as adequately supplied birthing facilities; 25. Also urges Governments to promote and protect the human rights of all women and girls, including the right of women, and those girls who have been subjected to child, early and forced marriage, to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence, and to adopt and 24-24151 11/15

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