Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 22x

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Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
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[The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Strengthening gender-sensitive quality education and training, including in the field of science and technology]: Ensure women's and girls' right to education at all levels as well as access to life skills and sex education based on full and accurate information and, with respect to girls and boys, in a manner consistent with their evolving capacities, and with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians, in order to help women and girls, men and boys, to develop knowledge to enable them to make informed and responsible decisions to reduce early childbearing and maternal mortality, to promote access to pre- and post-natal care and to combat sexual harassment and gender-based violence;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2011
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Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work (2011), para. 22x.
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22x