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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Realizing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will make a crucial contribution to progress across all the Goals and targets. The achievement of full human potential and of sustainable development is not possible if one half of humanity continues to be denied its full human rights and opportunities. Women and girls must enjoy equal access to quality education, economic resources and political participation as well as equal opportunities with men and boys for employment, leadership and decision-making at all levels. We will work for a significant increase in investments to close the gender gap and strengthen support for institutions in relation to gender equality and the empowerment of women at the global, regional and national levels. All forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls will be eliminated, including through the engagement of men and boys. The systematic mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the implementation of the Agenda is crucial. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 20 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Realizing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will make a crucial contribution to progress across all the Goals and targets. The achievement of full human potential and of sustainable development is not possible if one half of humanity continues to be denied its full human rights and opportunities. Women and girls must enjoy equal access to quality education, economic resources and political participation as well as equal opportunities with men and boys for employment, leadership and decision-making at all levels. We will work for a significant increase in investments to close the gender gap and strengthen support for institutions in relation to gender equality and the empowerment of women at the global, regional and national levels. All forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls will be eliminated, including through the engagement of men and boys. The systematic mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the implementation of the Agenda is crucial. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 232c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments:] Embody the principle of the equality of men and women in their legislation and ensure, through law and other appropriate means, the practical realization of this principle; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 204a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments:] Seek to ensure that before policy decisions are taken, an analysis of their impact on women and men, respectively, is carried out; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 173a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments in cooperation with non-governmental organizations and the private sector:] Provide public infrastructure to ensure equal market access for women and men entrepreneurs; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 58o | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments:] Create social security systems wherever they do not exist, or review them with a view to placing individual women and men on an equal footing, at every stage of their lives; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 47 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The changing context of gender relations, as well as the discussion on gender equality, has led to an increased reassessment of gender roles. This has further encouraged a discussion on the roles and responsibilities of women and men working together towards gender equality and the need for changing those stereotypical and traditional roles that limit women's full potential. There is a need for balanced participation between women and men in remunerated and unremunerated work. Failure to recognize and measure in quantitative terms unremunerated work of women, which is often not valued in national accounts, has meant that women's full contribution to social and economic development remains underestimated and undervalued. As long as there is insufficient sharing of tasks and responsibilities with men, the combination of remunerated work and caregiving will lead to the continued disproportionate burden for women in comparison to men. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 40 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Science and technology, as fundamental components of development, are transforming patterns of production, contributing to the creation of jobs and new job classifications, and ways of working, and contributing to the establishment of a knowledge-based society. Technological change can bring new opportunities for all women in all fields, if they have equal access and adequate training. Women should also be actively involved in the definition, design, development, implementation and gender impact evaluation of policies related to these changes. Many women worldwide are yet to use effectively these new communications technologies for networking, advocacy, exchange of information, business, education, media consultation and e-commerce initiatives. For instance, millions of the world's poorest women and men still do not have access to and benefits from science and technology and are currently excluded from this new field and the opportunities it presents. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2000 | ||
Key actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the of the International Conference on Population and Development 1999, para. 70 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 70. Governments, with assistance from the Joint and Co-sponsored United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and donors, should, by 2005, ensure that at least 90 per cent, and by 2010 at least 95 per cent, of young men and women aged 15 to 24 have access to the information, education and services necessary to develop the life skills required to reduce their vulnerability to HIV infection. Services should include access to preventive methods such as female and male condoms, voluntary testing, counselling and follow-up. Governments should use, as a benchmark indicator, HIV infection rates in persons 15 to 24 years of age, with the goal of ensuring that by 2005 prevalence in this age group is reduced globally, and by 25 per cent in the most affected countries, and that by 2010 prevalence in this age group is reduced globally by 25 per cent. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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New York Declaration For Refugees and Migrants 2016, para. 82 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We will support early childhood education for refugee children. We will also promote tertiary education, skills training and vocational education. In conflict and crisis situations, higher education serves as a powerful driver for change, shelters and protects a critical group of young men and women by maintaining their hopes for the future, fosters inclusion and non-discrimination and acts as a catalyst for the recovery and rebuilding of post-conflict countries. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2016 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 13.22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and local communities, assisted upon request by the international community, should strive to mobilize and effectively utilize the resources for population and development programmes that expand and improve the quality of reproductive health care, including family-planning and sexually transmitted diseases/HIV/AIDS prevention efforts. In line with the goal of the present Programme of Action to ensure universal availability of and access to high- quality reproductive health and family-planning services, particular emphasis must be put on meeting the needs of underserved population groups, including adolescents, taking into account the rights and responsibilities of parents and the needs of adolescents and the rural and the urban poor, and on ensuring the safety of services and their responsiveness to women, men and adolescents. In mobilizing resources for these purposes, countries should examine new modalities such as increased involvement of the private sector, the selective use of user fees, social marketing, cost-sharing and other forms of cost recovery. However, these modalities must not impede access to services and should be accompanied with adequate "safety net" measures. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 12.1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Research, in particular biomedical research, has been instrumental in giving more and more people access to a greater range of safe and effective modern methods for regulation of fertility. However, not all persons can find a family-planning method that suits them and the range of choices available to men is more limited than that available to women. The growing incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, demands substantially higher investments in new methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment. In spite of greatly reduced funding for reproductive health research, prospects for developing and introducing new methods and products for contraception and regulation of fertility have been promising. Improved collaboration and coordination of activities internationally will increase cost-effectiveness, but a significant increase in support from Governments and industry is needed to bring a number of potential new, safe and affordable methods to fruition, especially barrier methods. This research needs to be guided at all stages by gender perspectives, particularly women's, and the needs of users, and should be carried out in strict conformity with internationally accepted legal, ethical, medical and scientific standards for biomedical research. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 11.5b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The objectives are:] To promote non-formal education for young people, guaranteeing equal access for women and men to literacy centres; | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 8.27 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | All countries, as a matter of some urgency, need to seek changes in high- risk sexual behaviour and devise strategies to ensure that men share responsibility for sexual and reproductive health, including family planning, and for preventing and controlling sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infection and AIDS. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 8.22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | All countries, with the support of all sections of the international community, must expand the provision of maternal health services in the context of primary health care. These services, based on the concept of informed choice, should include education on safe motherhood, prenatal care that is focused and effective, maternal nutrition programmes, adequate delivery assistance that avoids excessive recourse to caesarean sections and provides for obstetric emergencies; referral services for pregnancy, childbirth and abortion complications; post-natal care and family planning. All births should be assisted by trained persons, preferably nurses and midwives, but at least by trained birth attendants. The underlying causes of maternal morbidity and mortality should be identified, and attention should be given to the development of strategies to overcome them and for adequate evaluation and monitoring mechanisms to assess the progress being made in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity and to enhance the effectiveness of ongoing programmes. Programmes and education to engage men's support for maternal health and safe motherhood should be developed. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 7.36b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The objectives are:] To ensure that women and men have access to the information, education and services needed to achieve good sexual health and exercise their reproductive rights and responsibilities. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 7.14e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The objectives are:] To increase the participation and sharing of responsibility of men in the actual practice of family planning; | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 4.25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The objective is to promote gender equality in all spheres of life, including family and community life, and to encourage and enable men to take responsibility for their sexual and reproductive behaviour and their social and family roles. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 4.6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Governments at all levels should ensure that women can buy, hold and sell property and land equally with men, obtain credit and negotiate contracts in their own name and on their own behalf and exercise their legal rights to inheritance. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1994 | ||
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 4.4f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Countries should act to empower women and should take steps to eliminate inequalities between men and women as soon as possible by:] Eliminating discriminatory practices by employers against women, such as those based on proof of contraceptive use or pregnancy status; | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 4.4e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Countries should act to empower women and should take steps to eliminate inequalities between men and women as soon as possible by:] Eliminating violence against women; | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 4.4c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Countries should act to empower women and should take steps to eliminate inequalities between men and women as soon as possible by:] Eliminating all practices that discriminate against women; assisting women to establish and realize their rights, including those that relate to reproductive and sexual health; | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 4.3c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The objectives are:] To ensure that all women, as well as men, are provided with the education necessary for them to meet their basic human needs and to exercise their human rights. | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 4.3a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The objectives are:] To achieve equality and equity based on harmonious partnership between men and women and enable women to realize their full potential; | International Conference on Population and Development | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 289 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Non-governmental and grass-roots organizations have a specific role to play in creating a social, economic, political and intellectual climate based on equality between women and men. Women should be actively involved in the implementation and monitoring of the Platform for Action. | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 262 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Girls and adolescents may receive a variety of conflicting and confusing messages on their gender roles from their parents, teachers, peers and the media. Women and men need to work together with children and youth to break down persistent gender stereotypes, taking into account the rights of the child and the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents as stated in paragraph 267 below. | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 256j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments:] Identify and promote environmentally sound technologies that have been designed, developed and improved in consultation with women and that are appropriate to both women and men; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 256a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments:] Integrate women, including indigenous women, their perspectives and knowledge, on an equal basis with men, in decision-making regarding sustainable resource management and the development of policies and programmes for sustainable development, including in particular those designed to address and prevent environmental degradation of the land; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 253f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By Governments, at all levels, including municipal authorities, as appropriate:] Take measures to empower women as producers and consumers so that they can take effective environmental actions, along with men, in their homes, communities and workplaces; | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 240 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [By national and international media systems:] Develop, consistent with freedom of expression, regulatory mechanisms, including voluntary ones, that promote balanced and diverse portrayals of women by the media and international communication systems and that promote increased participation by women and men in production and decision-making. | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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