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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2019), para. 23
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- (j) The Government’s recent launch of a social work programme with human rights as a key curriculum learning area at several Somali universities, which seeks to build a social welfare workforce that is capable of enhancing the resilience of communities and of ensuring enjoyment of human rights, and to promote gender equality-based responses to individuals and families who have experienced violence and abuse;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2018), para. 40
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- (d) To support gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights, including within families, through long-term awareness-raising initiatives, especially education and public awareness-raising, including through the media and online, the incorporation of curricula on all women’s rights into teacher training courses, including the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence, and ensuring universal access to evidence-based comprehensive sexuality education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2019), para. 33
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- (e) To support substantive gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights, including within families, through long-term awareness-raising initiatives, including for men and boys, especially education and public awareness-raising, including in the media and online, through the incorporation of curricula on all women’s and girls’ rights into teacher training courses, including on the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence, and by ensuring universal access to evidence-based comprehensive sexuality education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Men
- Women
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Elimination of discrimination against women and girls (2017), para. 38
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- (c) To consider adopting good practices to support substantive equality within families through long-term awareness-raising initiatives, especially education and public awareness, including through the media and online, and the incorporation of curricula on women’s rights into teacher training courses, including evidence-based, comprehensive sexuality education and gender-based violence prevention;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Women
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Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration ofCommitment on HIV/AIDS (2004), para. 56
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- 13. Recognizes the importance of young men and women having access to information, education, including peer education and youth-specific HIV education, and services necessary to develop the life skills required to reduce their vulnerability to HIV infection, in full partnership with young persons, parents, families, educators and health-care providers;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Men
- Youth
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2017), para. 04
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- Recognizing also that the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes, especially those relating to family policies in the areas of poverty, work-family balance and intergenerational issues, with attention given to the rights and responsibilities of all family members, can contribute to ending poverty, ending hunger, ensuring a healthy life and promoting well-being for all at all ages, promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, ensuring better education outcomes for children, achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development,
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Women
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2018), para. 13
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- 5. Also encourages Member States to invest in family policies and programmes that promote strong intergenerational interactions, such as intergenerational living arrangements and parenting education, in an effort to promote inclusive urbanization, intergenerational solidarity and social cohesion;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 119
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- (i) Facilitate access to procedures for family reunification for migrants at all skills levels through appropriate measures that promote the realization of the right to family life and the best interests of the child, including by reviewing and revising applicable requirements, such as on income, language proficiency, length of stay, work authorization, and access to social security and services;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 285
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- (f) Provide accessible information on remittance transfer costs by provider and channel, such as comparison websites, in order to increase the transparency and competition on the remittance transfer market, and promote financial literacy and inclusion of migrants and their families through education and training;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
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Global health and foreign policy: a healthier world through better nutrition (2019), para. 48
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- 6. Also encourages Member States to develop health- and nutrition- promoting environments, including through nutrition education in schools and other education institutions, as appropriate, and to scale up community-based actions that support children and families, through the promotion of maternal health and recommended infant feeding practices such as breastfeeding;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
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Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems (2020), para. 65
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- 20. Encourages Member States to develop health- and nutrition-promoting environments, including through nutrition education in schools and other education institutions, as appropriate, and to scale up community-based actions that support children and families, through the promotion of maternal health and recommended infant feeding practices such as breastfeeding;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
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Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010), para. 079
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- 38. States should ensure opportunities for day care, including all-day schooling, and respite care which would enable parents better to cope with their overall responsibilities towards the family, including additional responsibilities inherent in caring for children with special needs.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2017), para. 23
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- 2. Calls upon States to place a stronger focus on the development and implementation of comprehensive prevention strategies, including the enhancement of educational campaigns, awareness-raising and formal, non-formal and informal education and training in order to promote the direct engagement of girls and boys, women and men and to ensure that all key actors, government officials, including law enforcement and judicial personnel, immigration officials and parliamentarians, health-care providers, civil society, the private sector, community and religious leaders, teachers, employers, media professionals and those directly working with girls, as well as parents, families and communities, work to eliminate attitudes and harmful practices, in particular all forms of female genital mutilation, that negatively affect women and girls;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Women
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2017), para. 24
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- 3. Also calls upon States to strengthen advocacy and awareness-raising programmes, to mobilize girls and boys to take an active part in developing preventive and elimination programmes to address harmful practices, especially female genital mutilation, and to engage families, local community and religious leaders, educational institutions, the media and civil society and provide increased financial support to efforts at all levels to end discriminatory social norms and practices;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2019), para. 23
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- 2. Calls upon States to place a stronger focus on the development and implementation of comprehensive prevention strategies, including the intens ification of educational campaigns, awareness-raising and formal and non-formal education and training in order to promote the direct engagement of girls and boys, women and men and to ensure that all key actors, including government officials, law enforcement and judicial personnel, immigration officials, parliamentarians , health- care providers, practitioners, civil society, the private sector, community and religious leaders, teachers, employers, media professionals and those directly working with girls, as well as parents, legal guardians, families and communities, work to eliminate attitudes and harmful practices, in particular female genital mutilation, that negatively affect women and girls, and emphasizes the importance of adopting a non - stigmatization approach in all prevention interventions;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Women
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2019), para. 25
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- 4. Further calls upon States to provide the necessary resources to strengthen advocacy and awareness-raising programmes, to mobilize girls and women and boys and men to take an active part in developing preventive and elimination programmes to address harmful practices, especially female genital mutilation, to engage families, local community and religious leaders, educational institutions, the media and civil society and to provide increased financial support to efforts at all levels to end discriminatory social norms and practices, and calls upon the international community to support States in these efforts;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Men
- Women
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2013), para. 20
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- 3. Also calls upon States to strengthen advocacy and awareness-raising programmes, to mobilize girls and boys to take an active part in developing preventive and elimination programmes to address harmful practices, especially female genital mutilations, and to engage community and religious leaders, educational institutions, the media and families and provide increased financial support to efforts at all levels to end those practices;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2015), para. 21
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- 2. Calls upon States to place a stronger focus on the development of comprehensive prevention strategies, including the enhancement of educational campaigns, awareness-raising and formal, non-formal and informal education and training in order to promote the direct engagement of girls and boys, women and men and to ensure that all key actors, Government officials, including law enforcement and judicial personnel, immigration officials, health-care providers, civil society, community and religious leaders, teachers, employers, media professionals and those directly working with girls, as well as parents, families and communities, work to eliminate attitudes and harmful practices, in particular all forms of female genital mutilations, that negatively affect women and girls;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Men
- Women
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2015), para. 22
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- 3. Also calls upon States to strengthen advocacy and awareness-raising programmes, to mobilize girls and boys to take an active part in developing preventive and elimination programmes to address harmful practices, especially female genital mutilations, and to engage local community and religious leaders, educational institutions, the media and families and provide increased financial support to efforts at all levels to end discriminatory social norms and practices;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2006), para. 33
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- (d) To consider strengthening and implementing broadly based prevention and treatment programmes and to ensure that such programmes adequately address the gender-specific barriers that limit access for young girls and women, taking into account all attendant circumstances, including social and clinical histories, in the context of education, the family and the community, as appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2007), para. 29
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- (d) To consider strengthening and implementing broadly based prevention and treatment programmes and to ensure that such programmes adequately address the gender-specific barriers that limit access for young girls and women, taking into account all attendant circumstances, including social and clinical histories, in the context of education, the family and the community, as appropriate;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
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International cooperation against the world drug problem (2016), para. 016
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- Recognizing the importance of preventing and addressing drug-related youth crime, and stressing the importance of developing and implementing strategies, programmes and measures focusing on families, schools and other relevant social settings aimed at protecting children and young people from potential risk associated with the illicit sale and purchase of controlled substances and new psychoactive substances via the Internet and elsewhere, and supporti ng the rehabilitation and treatment of young offenders and their reintegration into society,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
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Plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (2002), para. 149
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- (f) Collaboration with other Governments and non-governmental organizations in the development and dissemination of successful and innovative crime prevention initiatives and specialized knowledge and expertise in crime prevention practices, including public awareness and education campaigns about effective crime prevention and the contributions that individuals, families, communities and all levels of government may make to contribute to safer and more peaceful communities;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 021
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- (e) To reinforce links between policies on education, training, social integration and mobility so as to improve the situation of young people in the labour market and to reduce significantly youth unemployment while also supporting policies that promote reconciliation of family life and working life, equal opportunities, solidarity between the generations, health and lifelong learning;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Youth
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 083
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- 27. It is imperative that young people continue to have access to evidence- and skills-based youth-specific HIV education to enable them to avoid high-risk behaviour. In some regions youth, especially girls, play a key role in caring for HIV/AIDS patients or their orphans. To ensure that young caregivers stay in school, build their skills and have the chance to generate an income, Governments should provide economic and social support to families that rely on young caregivers as well as support for improving home- and community-based care.
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Girls
- Youth
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 121
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- 62 (i). Encourage Member States to strengthen national social and child protection systems to ensure that, by 2020, 75 per cent of people living with, at risk of and affected by HIV who are in need benefit from HIV-sensitive social protection, including cash transfers and equal access to housing, and support programmes for children, in particular for orphans and street children, girls and adolescents living with, at risk of and affected by HIV, as well as their families and caregivers, including through the provision of equal opportunities to support the development of children to their full potential, especially through equal access to early child development services, trauma and psychosocial support and education, as they transition through adolescence, and the creation of safe and non-discriminatory learning environments, supportive legal systems and protections, includ ing civil registration systems;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Girls
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Promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind: best practices (2012), para. 12
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- 2. Recalls the important role of family, community, society and educational institutions in upholding and transmitting these values, which contributes to promoting respect for human rights and increasing their acceptance at the grass roots, and calls upon all States to strengthen this role through appropriate positive measures;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
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Protecting children from bullying (2015), para. 10
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- Recognizing also that environments surrounding children can affect their behaviour, and recognizing further the important role that family members, legal guardians, caregivers, teachers and civil society have and that the media should have in the prevention of bullying,
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
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Protecting children from bullying (2017), para. 17
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- Acknowledging also that the environments surrounding children can affect their behaviour and the important roles that parents, legal guardians, family members, schools, civil society, communities, State institutions and the media have in securing children’s protection from the risks associated with bullying and in preventing all forms of violence against children,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
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Protecting children from bullying (2017), para. 28
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- (g) To raise public awareness, involving family members, legal guardians, caregivers, young people, schools, communities, community leaders and the media, as well as civil society organizations, with the participation of children, regarding the protection of children from bullying;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Youth
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