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. 22o

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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:] [Expanding access and participation in education]: Increase enrolment and retention rates of girls in education, inter alia, by: allocating appropriate and adequate budgetary resources; enlisting the support of parents and the community, including through campaigns and flexible school schedules; providing financial and other incentives targeted at families, including access to free education at the primary level, and at other levels where possible, and scholarships; and providing teaching, learning and hygiene and health supplies, as well as nutritional and academic support, in order to minimize the costs of education, in particular to families, and to facilitate parents' ability to choose education for their children;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2011
Paragraph type
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. 22o.
Paragraph number
22o