(b) Target and work with men and boys, as well as
the division of labour based on gender, in order to
promote shared family responsibility for work in the
home and reduce the domestic work burden for girls;
women and girls and other actors, such as parents,
teachers, religious and traditional leaders and educational and media institutions, to address stereotypical attitudes and behaviours, and encourage decision
makers at all levels with responsibilities for policies,
legislation, programmes and allocation of public
resources to play leadership roles in the elimination
of all forms of discrimination and violence against
girls and in the promotion of girls empowerment;
(m) Promote and support increased access of girls to
information and communications technology (ICT),
particularly girls living in poverty, girls living in rural
and remote areas and in disadvantaged situations,
and enhance international support to overcome the
digital divide among countries and regions, between
men and women and boys and girls, as well as
between different social groups of women and girls;
(c) Ensure that men and women, and boys and girls
are educated on girls’ rights and their responsibility
to respect the rights of others, inter alia, by integrating girls’ rights into appropriate curricula at all
levels, including in schools and the vocational training of health workers, teachers, law enforcement
personnel, military personnel, social workers, the
judiciary, community leaders, the media and others
and encourage men and boys to speak out strongly
against all forms of discrimination and violence
against women and girls and not to protect perpetrators or condone their violence;
(n) Create literate environments and societies, eradicat-
ing illiteracy among women and girls and eliminating
the gender gap in literacy, inter alia, by intensifying
efforts to implement effectively the International
Plan of Action for the United Nations Literacy
Decade and integrating substantially those efforts
in the Education for All process and other activities
of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as well as other
literacy initiatives within the framework of the internationally agreed development goals, including the
Millennium Development Goals;
(d) Promote non-discriminatory treatment of girls
and boys in the family and, in this regard, adopt
measures to ensure equal access by girls and boys
to food, education and health, and develop programmes and policies addressed to family members, especially parents and other legal guardians,
to protect and promote the health and well-being
of girls, as well as to ensure that the value of girls to
their families and societies is recognized, including
with a view to eliminating son preference;
(o) Allocate sufficient resources and provide technical
assistance upon request to developing countries in
order to strengthen the capacity to provide equal
access to education and to monitor progress in
closing the gap between girls and boys in education, training and research, and in levels of achievement in all fields, particularly basic education and
literacy programmes;
14.3.
(e) Encourage cooperation and dialogue between
Gender stereotypes
Governments and all relevant actors so that media
contents, including the portrayal of gender stereotypes, prejudices and violence, are reviewed, consistent with freedom of expression, and that the
quality of programmes broadcast can be improved;
(a) Recognize that eliminating stereotypes calls for a
deep societal change that needs to be supported
through the development of strategies to eliminate gender stereotypes in all spheres of life, and
foster the positive portrayal of women and girls at
all levels, including as leaders and decision makers,
including through developing and implementing
appropriate legislation, policies and programmes,
as well as awareness campaigns, to address stereotypical attitudes and behaviours that contribute to
discrimination and violence against girls;
(f) Encourage the active participation of boys, from an
early age, in the elimination of discrimination and
violence against girls, including through the promotion of gender-sensitive socialization processes,
targeted programmes and creation of spaces and
environments where boys and girls can be guided
in challenging gender stereotypes and negative
attitudes towards girls;
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