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and peacebuilding processes, provide education for all, especially girls, to
contribute to a smooth transition from relief to development and addr ess
sexual and gender-based violence as an integral and prioritized part of every
humanitarian response, and in this respect, the Commission encourages the
World Humanitarian Summit, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 23 and 24 May
2016, to give due consideration to integrating a gender perspective into its
deliberations;
(n) Refrain from promulgating and applying any unilateral economic,
financial or trade measures not in accordance with international law and the
Charter of the United Nations that impede the full achievement of economic
and social development, particularly in developing countries;
(o) Ensure the promotion and protection of the human rights of all
women and their sexual and reproductive health, and reproductive rights in
accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on
Population and Development, the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome
documents of their review conferences, including through the development
and enforcement of policies and legal frameworks and the strengthening of
health systems that make universally accessible and available quality
comprehensive sexual and reproductive health-care services, commodities,
information and education, including, inter alia, safe and effective methods of
modern contraception, emergency contraception, prevention programmes for
adolescent pregnancy, maternal health care such as skilled birth attendance and
emergency obstetric care which will reduce obstetric fistula and other
complications of pregnancy and delivery, safe abortion where such services
are permitted by national law, and prevention and treatment of reproductive
tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and reproductive
cancers, recognizing that human rights include the right to have contro l over
and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality,
including sexual and reproductive health, free from coercion, discrimination
and violence;
(p) Promote and respect women’s and girls’ right to education
throughout their life cycle at all levels, especially for those who are the most
left behind, by providing universal access to quality education, ensuring
inclusive, equal and non-discriminatory quality education, promoting learning
opportunities for all, ensuring completion of primary and secondary education
and eliminating gender disparities in access to all areas of secondary and
tertiary education, promoting financial literacy, ensuring that women and girls
have equal access to career development, training, scholarships and
fellowships, and adopting positive action to build women ’s and girls’
leadership skills and influence, and adopt measures that promote, respect and
guarantee the safety of women and girls in the school environment and that
support women and girls with disabilities at all levels of education and
training;
(q) Mainstream a gender perspective into education and training
programmes, including science and technology, eradicate female illiteracy and
support school-to-work transition through skills development to enable
women’s and girls’ active participation in economic, social and cultural
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