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(l) Take steps to eliminate any violations of the human rights of women
refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons who are often subjected to
sexual and other violence;
(m) Urge all States that have not yet done so to become parties to the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
in order to achieve its universal ratification emphasizes the importance of the full
compliance of States parties with the obligations they have accepted under this
Convention;
(n) Consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the International Convention
on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their
Families 37 as a matter of priority, and consider promoting ratification of the relevant
conventions of the International Labour Organization.
3.
Change attitudes and eliminate stereotypes and prejudice
(a) Develop gender sensitive education and training programmes aimed at
eliminating discriminatory attitudes towards women and girls, and adopt measures
to address the intersection between racist and gender-based stereotypes;
(b) Develop and implement programmes and policies to raise awareness
among all relevant actors at national, regional and international levels to the issue of
multiple discrimination against women and girls;
(c) Review and update educational materials, including textbooks, and take
appropriate action to remove all elements promoting discrimination, in particular
gender-based discrimination, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance;
(d) Ensure that education and training, especially teacher training, promote
respect for human rights, the culture of peace, gender equality and cultural, religious
and other diversity, and encourage educational and training institutions and
organizations to adopt policies of equal opportunities and follow up their
implementation with the participation of teachers, parents, boys and girls and the
community;
(e) Develop strategies to increase awareness among men and boys with
respect to their shared responsibility in promoting gender equality and combating all
forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance as well as multiple discrimination;
(f) Develop anti-racist and gender-sensitive human rights training for
personnel in the administration of justice, law enforcement agencies, security and
health-care services schools and migration authorities, paying particular attention to
immigration officials, border police and staff of migrant detention centres, as well as
for United Nations personnel;
(g) Bearing in mind gender perspective, encourage the mass media to
promote ideas of tolerance and understanding among peoples and different cultures.
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