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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34dd | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Promote women's full participation in the formal economy, in particular in economic decision-making, and their equal access to full employment and decent work; empower women in the informal sector; and ensure that women and men enjoy equal treatment in the workplace, as well as equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, and equal access to power and decision-making, and promote sharing of paid and unpaid work; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34yy | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Take measures to ensure that all workplaces are free from discrimination and exploitation, violence, and sexual harassment and bullying, and that they address discrimination and violence against women and girls, as appropriate, through measures such as regulatory and oversight frameworks and reforms, collective agreements, codes of conduct, including appropriate disciplinary measures, protocols and procedures, referral of cases of violence to health services for treatment and police for investigation; as well as through awareness-raising and capacity-building, in collaboration with employers, unions and workers, including workplace services and flexibility for victims and survivors; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34zz | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Increase measures to protect women and girls from violence and harassment, including sexual harassment and bullying, in both public and private spaces, to address security and safety, through awareness-raising, involvement of local communities, crime prevention laws, policies, programmes such as the Safe Cities Initiative of the United Nations, improved urban planning, infrastructures, public transport and street lighting, and also through social and interactive media; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34jj | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Design and implement national policies that aim at transforming those social norms that condone violence against women and girls, and work to counteract attitudes by which women and girls are regarded as subordinate to men and boys or as having stereotyped roles that perpetuate practices involving violence or coercion; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34ll | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Addressing structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent violence against women and girls]: Carry out awareness-raising and education campaigns, in cooperation with civil society organizations, especially women's organizations, through different means of communication, targeting the general public, young people, men and boys, to address the structural and underlying causes of violence and abuse against women and girls; to overcome gender stereotypes and promote zero tolerance for such violence; to remove the stigma of being a victim and survivor of violence; and to create an enabling environment where women and girls can easily report incidences of violence and make use of the services available and of protection and assistance programmes; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Violence against women 1998, para. g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments:] Explore the possibility of mechanisms such as national rapporteurs, who report to Governments on the scale, prevention and combating of violence against women, particularly trafficking in women and girls. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Education and training of women 1997, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Governments that have not yet done so should formulate national strategies and action plans for implementation of the Platform for Action that indicate how relevant institutions coordinate action to meet the goals and targets for education. The strategies should be comprehensive, have time-bound targets and benchmarks for monitoring, and include proposals for allocating or reallocating resources for implementation. Mobilization of additional funds from all sources to enable girls and women, as well as boys and men, on an equal basis, to complete their education, may also be necessary. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Education and training of women 1997, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Governments and other actors should promote an active and visible policy of mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes, addressing, inter alia, unequal access to educational opportunities and inadequate educational opportunities, and taking into account girls and women in especially difficult circumstances. The education, training and lifelong learning of women should be mainstreamed in policies at all levels, in equal opportunity policies and in national human development plans, where they exist. National machinery for the advancement of women and policy makers in Government, employers' organizations, labour unions, non-governmental organizations and the private sector should collaborate to ensure that all policies are responsive to gender concerns and that women and their organizations participate in the policy-making process. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women and armed conflict 1998, para. e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments and international organizations:] Ensure the physical safety and security of all refugee women and girls and those internally displaced by, inter alia, adequately providing for and increasing their access to the right of return to their country or place of origin, and the participation of women in the committees responsible for the management of the camp(s), and ensure that camps are designed in accordance with the 1995 Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women27 of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and arrange for gender-sensitive legal, social and medical services in camps, and for the talents and capabilities of refugee and displaced women and girls to be fully integrated in the development and implementation of these programmes while they are in these camps; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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The girl child 1998, para. e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by the United Nations and Governments:] Create and respect zones of peace for children in armed conflict. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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The girl child 1998, para. i | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women:] Ensure that any reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child are formulated as precisely and as narrowly as possible and that they are not incompatible with the object and purpose of those conventions, and review the reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child with a view to withdrawing them. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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The girl child 1998, para. b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, educational institutions and the United Nations system, as appropriate:] Consider making primary education compulsory; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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The girl child 1998, para. j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, educational institutions and the United Nations system, as appropriate:] Provide training opportunities for girls to develop their skills in leadership, advocacy and conflict resolution; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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The girl child 1998, para. c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, civil society and the United Nations system, as appropriate:] Eradicate all customary or traditional practices, particularly female genital mutilation, that are harmful to or discriminate against women and girls and that are violations of women's human rights and obstacles to the full enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, through the design and implementation of awareness-raising programmes, education and training, as well as programmes to help the victims of such practices to overcome their trauma; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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The girl child 1998, para. h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, civil society and the United Nations system, as appropriate:] Support the activities of non-governmental organizations in the area of reproductive health and health orientation centres for girls; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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The girl child 1998, para. d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments:] Enact and enforce laws that prohibit sexual exploitation including prostitution, incest, abuse and trafficking of children, paying special attention to girls; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women and health 1999, para. 2h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate:] (h) Eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation, and other harmful traditional and customary practices affecting the health of women and girls, since such practices constitute a definite form of violence against women and girls and a serious form of violation of their human rights, including through development of appropriate policies and enactment and/or reinforcement of legislation, and ensure development of appropriate tools of education and advocacy and adopt legislation outlawing their practice by medical personnel; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women and health 1999, para. 4d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate:] (d) Design, implement and strengthen prevention programmes aimed at reducing tobacco use by women and girls; investigate the exploitation and targeting of young women by the tobacco industry; support action to prohibit tobacco advertising and access by minors to tobacco products; and support smoke-free spaces, gender- sensitive cessation programmes, and product labelling to warn of the dangers of tobacco use, noting the Tobacco Free Initiative proposed by the World Health Organization in July 1998; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women and health 1999, para. 6c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate:] (c) Improve the collection, use and dissemination of data disaggregated by sex and age, and research findings, and develop collection methodologies that capture the differences between women's and men's life experiences, including through the use and, where necessary, further coordinated development of gender-specific qualitative and quantitative health indicators that go beyond morbidity, mortality and social indicators, capturing quality of life, social as well as mental well-being of women and girls; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2001, para. 1c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate]: Ensure that the sexual health and reproductive rights of women of all ages as defined in paragraphs 94, 95 and 96 of the Beijing Platform for Action is seen as an essential part in efforts to promote women's empowerment, bearing in mind that women and girls are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS and in this context, further promote the advancement and empowerment of women and women's full enjoyment of all human rights, including the right to development and their right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, in order to protect themselves from high risk and irresponsible behaviour leading to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS as well as access to health information and education, health care and health services which are critical to increasing the ability of women and young girls to protect themselves from HIV infection; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2001, para. 1j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate]: Strengthen concrete measures to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, including harmful traditional and customary practices, abuse and rape, battering and trafficking in women and girls, which aggravate the conditions fostering the spread of HIV/AIDS, through, inter alia, the enactment and enforcement of laws, as well as public campaigns to combat violence against women and girls; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2001, para. 4h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate]: Develop and implement as well as strengthen already existing training programmes for law enforcement officers, prison officers, medical officers and judicial personnel, as well as United Nations personnel, including peacekeeping staff, to be more sensitive and responsive to the needs of threatened and abused women and children infected with HIV/AIDS, including intravenous drug users, female inmates and orphans; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2001, para. 2l | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate]: Special attention should be given to the prevention of HIV, particularly with regard to mother-to-child transmission and for victims of rape — on the basis of informed consent and voluntary and confidential testing, counselling and treatment — including through ensuring access to care and improving the quality and availability of affordable drugs and diagnostics, especially antiretroviral therapies, and by building on existing efforts, with special attention given to the issue of breastfeeding; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2001, para. 3a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate]: Request Governments to ensure universal and equal access for women and men throughout their life cycle to social services related to health care, including education, clean water and safe sanitation, nutrition, food security and health education programmes, especially for women and girls living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, including treatment for opportunistic diseases; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 2001, para. 3d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations and civil society, as appropriate]: Ensure that education and training, especially teacher training, promote respect for human rights, the culture of peace, gender equality and cultural, religious and other diversity, and encourage educational and training institutions and organizations to adopt policies of equal opportunities and follow up their implementation with the participation of teachers, parents, boys and girls and the community; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 2001, para. 4b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations and civil society, as appropriate]: Collect, analyse and disseminate quantitative, qualitative and gender-sensitive data regarding the impact of all forms of discrimination, including the multiple discrimination, on women and girls and sponsor, where appropriate, surveys and community-based research, including the collection of disaggregated data by sex, age and other factors as appropriate. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women 2003, para. 4p | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges Governments [...] to take the following actions:] Respect the value of different and local languages and promote and encourage local knowledge systems and locally produced content in media and communications, support the development of a wide range of ICT-based programmes in local languages, as appropriate, with content relevant to different groups of women, and build the capacity of girls and women to develop ICT content; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women 2003, para. 4r | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges Governments [...] to take the following actions:] Strengthen and encourage the use of existing information and communication technologies, such as radio, television, telecommunications and print, in parallel in order to enhance the use of new technologies for gender equality and the economic, political and social empowerment of women as leaders, participants and consumers and recognize that women and girls are potentially large-scale consumers, users and producers of ICT and media; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women 2003, para. 4u | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges Governments [...] to take the following actions:] Provide adequate and appropriate resources for innovative, affordable, accessible and sustainable media and ICT programmes, projects and products that support gender equality and gender mainstreaming, are relevant to the concerns of women and girls and provide support to women's online communities and networks that promote gender equality; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 2001, para. 1c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations and civil society, as appropriate]: Acknowledge the need to address the issues of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance as and where they affect young women and men, boys and girls and recognize the role they play in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including particular forms of racism experienced by young women and girls, and support the fundamental role played by youth non-governmental organizations in educating young people and children to build a society based on respect and solidarity; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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