Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 83l

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[By Governments, educational authorities and other educational and academic institutions:] Encourage, with the guidance and support of their parents and in cooperation with educational staff and institutions, the elaboration of educational programmes for girls and boys and the creation of integrated services in order to raise awareness of their responsibilities and to help them to assume those responsibilities, taking into account the importance of such education and services to personal development and self-esteem, as well as the urgent need to avoid unwanted pregnancy, the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV/AIDS, and such phenomena as sexual violence and abuse;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Fourth World Conference on Women
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
1995
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Other
Reference
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), para. 83l.
Paragraph focus
Education and training of women
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Actions B4
Paragraph number
83l