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Youth and human rights (2019), para. 26
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- 8. Also urges Member States to address the challenges faced by girls and young women, as well as gender stereotypes that perpetuate all forms of discrimination and violence against girls and young women, including harmful practices, and the stereotypical roles of men and women that hinder social development, by reaffirming the commitment to the empowerment of women and gender equality and the human rights of all women and girls, and to engage, educate, encourage and support men and boys to take responsibility for their behaviour in this regard, including their sexual and reproductive behaviour;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
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World Bicycle Day (2018), para. 17
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- 5. Encourages stakeholders to emphasize and advance the use of the bicycle as a means of fostering sustainable development, strengthening education, including physical education, for children and young people, promoting health, preventing disease, promoting tolerance, mutual understanding and respect and facilitating social inclusion and a culture of peace;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
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United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development (2014), para. 57
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- (g) To address with specific measures the situation of women, children, youth and other high-risk populations, including, in some cases, dependent drug users, owing to their vulnerability and exploitation in the illicit drug economy;
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- Economic Rights
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
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United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2010), para. 44
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- 12. Address the social, economic, cultural, political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons, such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, humanitarian emergencies, including armed conflicts and natural disasters, sexual violence, gender discrimination, social exclusion and marginalization, as well as a culture of tolerance towards violence against women, youth and children;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004, and public information activities in the field of human rights (2001), para. 11
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- Convinced that human rights education and information contribute to a holistic concept of development consistent with the dignity of women and men of all ages, which takes into account particularly vulnerable segments of society such as children, young persons, older persons, indigenous people, minorities, the rural and urban poor, migrant workers, refugees, persons with the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and disabled persons,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995–2004 (2003), para. 10
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- Convinced that human rights education contributes to a holistic concept of development consistent with the dignity of women and men of all ages, which takes into account particularly vulnerable segments of society, such as children, young persons, older persons, indigenous people, minorities, the rural and urban poor, migrant workers, refugees, persons with the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and disabled persons,
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004, and public information activities in the field of human rights (2000), para. 08
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- Convinced that human rights education and information contribute to a holistic concept of development consistent with the dignity of women and men of all ages, which takes into account particularly vulnerable segments of society such as children, young persons, older persons, indigenous people, minorities, the rural and urban poor, migrant workers, refugees, persons with the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and disabled persons,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004, and public information activities in the field of human rights (1998), para. 08
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- Convinced that human rights education and information contribute to a concept of development consistent with the dignity of women and men of all ages that takes into account particularly vulnerable segments of society such as children, youth, older persons, indigenous people, minorities, rural and urban poor, migrant workers, refugees, persons with the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome infection and disabled persons,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
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United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (2002), para. 10
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- Convinced that human rights education contributes to a holistic concept of development consistent with the dignity of women and men of all ages, which takes into account particularly vulnerable segments of society, such as children, young persons, older persons, indigenous people, minorities, the rural and urban poor, migrant workers, refugees, persons with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and disabled persons,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Youth
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The rights of the child (2001), para. 040
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- 10. Urges States to give particular emphasis to the prevention of HIV infection in young children and strengthen efforts to prevent adolescents and women from becoming HIV-infected, inter alia, by including HIV/AIDS prevention in educational curricula and educational programmes consistent with the epidemiology of the diseases in each State, and by supporting wide-scale voluntary HIV testing and counselling programmes for pregnant women, together with services for HIV-infected pregnant women to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus from HIV/AIDS-infected pregnant women to their children;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Infants
- Women
- Youth
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The rights of the child (2001), para. 037
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- 7. Calls upon all States and relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, to pay particular attention to the development of sustainable health systems and social services to ensure the effective prevention of diseases, malnutrition, disabilities and infant and child mortality, including through prenatal and post-natal health care, as well as the provision of necessary medical treatment and health care to all children, taking into consideration the special needs of young children and girls, including prevention of common infectious diseases, the special needs of adolescents, including those relating to reproductive and sexual health and threats from substance abuse and violence, and the particular needs of children living in poverty, children in situations of armed conflict and children in other vulnerable groups, and to strengthen ways of empowering families and communities;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Youth
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The rights of the child (2001), para. 025
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- 12. Urges all States to assign priority to activities and programmes aimed at preventing the abuse of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and inhalants as well as preventing other addictions, in particular addiction to alcohol and tobacco, among children and young people, especially those in vulnerable situations, and urges all States to counter the use of children and young people in the illicit production of and trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
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The right to food (2019), para. 28
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- 3. Considers it intolerable that, as estimated by the United Nations Children’s Fund, nearly half of all deaths of children under the age of 5 are attributable to undernutrition, translating into the loss of about 3 million young lives a year, and that, as estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the number of people in the world affected by undernourishment or chronic food deprivation increased to nearly 821 million in 2017 – approximately one out of every nine people in the world – while, according to the Organization, the planet could produce enough food to feed everyone around the world;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
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The right to food (2018), para. 31
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- 3. Considers it intolerable that, as estimated by the United Nations Children’s Fund, nearly half of all deaths of children under the age of 5 are attributable to undernutrition, translating into the loss of about 3 million young lives a year and that, as estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about 815 million people in the world suffer from chronic hunger owing to the lack of sufficient food for the conduct of an active and healthy life, including as one of the effects derived from food insecurity, while, according to the Organization, the planet could produce enough food to feed everyone around the world;
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2017), para. 20
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- Recognizing that women, youth, children, indigenous persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, persons living with HIV and people of African descent face particular challenges and multifaceted and intersecting forms of discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome (AIDS) (2011), para. 60
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- 26. Decides to hold a panel discussion at its nineteenth session, within existing resources, in consultation with all regional groups, to give voice to people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, in particular young people, women and orphaned children, with a view to taking into account their experiences in reinforcing the centrality of human rights in the response to HIV/AIDS, in the context of the timely achievement of Millennium Development Goal 6 and in compliance with the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Youth
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The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome (AIDS) (2011), para. 38
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- (c) Providing age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health, as well as human rights education to all persons, including children and young people;
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- Education
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
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The Olympic Ideal (1995), para. 09
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- 4. Suggests that national ministries of youth and sport consider collaborating with the Olympic Movement, in the spirit of Olympic ethics and fair play, on preventive education programmes such as anti-doping programmes, drug abuse prevention, environmental protection and enhancing the participation of women in all aspects of the sport movement;
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- Education
- Environment
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Youth
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The girl child 2017, para. 40
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- Urges States and the international community to increase resources at all levels, particularly in the education and health sectors, so as to enable young people, especially girls, to gain the knowledge, attitudes and life skills that they need to fulfil their social, economic and other potential and overcome their challenges, including the prevention of HIV infection and early pregnancy, and to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including sexual and reproductive health;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Youth
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- 2017
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The girl child 2017, para. 20
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- Emphasizing that increased and equal access to quality education for young people, especially adolescent girls, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as health care, hygiene and sanitation, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases and infections, in particular HIV and other sexually transmitted infections,
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- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
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The girl child 2017, para. 11
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- Calls upon States, with the support, where appropriate, of international organizations, civil society and non-governmental organizations, to develop policies and programmes, giving priority to formal, informal and non-formal education programmes, including scientifically accurate and age-appropriate comprehensive education, relevant to cultural contexts, that provides adolescent girls and boys and young women and men in and out of school, consistent with their evolving capacities, and with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians, with information on sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention, gender equality and women’s empowerment, human rights, physical, psychological and pubertal development and power in relationships between women and men, to enable them to build self-esteem and informed decision-making, communication and risk reduction skills and to develop respectful relationships, in full partnership with young persons, parents, legal guardians, caregivers, educators and health-care providers, in order to, inter alia, enable them to protect themselves from HIV infection and other risks;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
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The girl child (2018), para. 65
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- 40. Urges States and the international community to increase resources at all levels, particularly in the education and health sectors, so as to enable young people, especially girls, to gain the knowledge, attitudes and life skills that they need to fulfil their social, economic and other potential and overcome their challenges, i ncluding the prevention of HIV infection and early pregnancy, and to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including sexual and reproductive health;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Youth
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The girl child (2018), para. 61
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- 36. Requests States to ensure that, in all policies and programmes designed to provide comprehensive HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support, particular attention and support are given to the girl child at risk, living with or affected by HIV, including pregnant girls and young and adolescent mothers and girls with disabilities, and child heads of households, with a view to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3, in particular the target of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
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The girl child (2018), para. 36
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- 11. Calls upon States, with the support, where appropriate, of international organizations, civil society and non-governmental organizations, to develop policies and programmes, giving priority to formal, informal and non-formal education programmes, including scientifically accurate and age-appropriate comprehensive education, relevant to cultural contexts, that provides adolescent girls and boys and young women and men in and out of school, consistent with their evolving capacities, and with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians, with information on sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention, gender equality and women’s empowerment, human rights, physical, psychological and pubertal development and power in relationships between women and men, to enable them to build self-esteem and informed decision-making, communication and risk reduction skills and to develop respectful relationships, in full partnership with young persons, parents, legal guardians, caregivers, educators and health-care providers, in order to, inter alia, enable them to protect themselves from HIV infection and other risks;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
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The girl child (2018), para. 21
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- Emphasizing that increased and equal access to quality education for young people, especially adolescent girls, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as health care, hygiene and sanitation, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases and infections, in particular HIV and other sexually transmitted infections,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Youth
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The girl child (2016), para. 58
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- 36. Urges States and the international community to increase resources at all levels, particularly in the education and health sectors, so as to enable young people, especially girls, to gain the knowledge, attitudes and life skills that they need to fulfil their social, economic and other potential and overcome their challenges, including the prevention of HIV infection and early pregnancy, and to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including sexual and reproductive health;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Youth
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The girl child (2016), para. 54
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- 32. Requests States to ensure that, in all policies and programmes designed to provide comprehensive HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support, particular attention and support are given to the girl child at risk, living with or affected by HIV, including pregnant girls and young and adolescent mothers and girls with disabilities, and child heads of households, with a view to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3, in particular the target of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
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The girl child (2016), para. 22
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- Emphasizing that increased and equal access to quality education for young people, especially adolescent girls, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, as well as health care, hygiene and sanitation, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases and infections, in particular HIV and othe r sexually transmitted infections,
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Youth
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The girl child (2014), para. 77
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- 43. Urges States and the international community to increase resources at all levels, particularly in the education and health sectors, so as to enable young people, especially girls, to gain the knowledge, attitudes and life skills that they need to overcome their challenges, including the prevention of HIV infection and early pregnancy, and to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including sexual and reproductive health;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Youth
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The girl child (2014), para. 73
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- 39. Requests States to ensure that, in all policies and programmes designed to provide comprehensive HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support, particular attention and support are given to the girl child at risk, living with or affected by HIV, including pregnant girls and young and adolescent mothers and girls with disabilities, and child heads of households, with a view to achieving Millennium Development Goal 6, in particular to halt and begin to reverse by 2015 the spread of HIV;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
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