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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: f) Ensure that education material and teaching practices are gender sensitive and encourage girls and young women to undertake studies in the sciences; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 1c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to: c) protect women, especially the girl-child from all forms of abuse, including sexual harassment in schools and other educational institutions and provide for sanctions against the perpetrators of such practices; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005, para. d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | To discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, that leads to trafficking, each Party shall adopt or strengthen legislative, administrative, educational, social, cultural or other measures including:
d. preventive measures, including educational programmes for boys and girls during their schooling, which stress the unacceptable nature of discrimination based on sex, and its disastrous consequences, the importance of gender equality and the dignity and integrity of every human being. | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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| 2005 | ||
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: e) Guarantee equal access to and completion of vocational, secondary and higher education in order to effectively address the existing imbalance between young men and women in certain professions; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: g) Provide educational systems that do not impede girls and young women, including married and/or pregnant young women, from attending; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: h) Ensure, where applicable, that girls and young women who become pregnant or married before completing their education shall have the opportunity to continue their education; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: d) Guarantee universal and equal access to and completion of a minimum of nine years of formal education; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 3f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 3. The education of young people shall be directed to: f) The development of life skills to function effectively in society and include issues such as HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, substance abuse prevention and cultural practices that are harmful to the health of young girls and women as part of the education curricula; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 1k | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 1. States Parties acknowledge the need to eliminate discrimination against girls and young women according to obligations stipulated in various international, regional and national human rights conventions and instruments designed to protect and promote women's rights. In this regard, they shall: k) Introduce special legislation and programmes of action that make available opportunities to girls and young women including access to education as a prerequisite and a priority for rapid social and economic development; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. 4l | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving full realisation of this right and shall, in particular: l) Introduce scholarship and bursary programmes to encourage entry into post-primary school education and into higher education outstanding youth from disadvantaged communities, especially young girls; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 2c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 2. States Parties shall take specific positive action to: c) promote the enrolment and retention of girls in schools and other training institutions and the organisation of programmes for women who leave school prematurely. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2003 | ||
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | State Parties shall endeavour to provide free and compulsory basic education to all, especially girls, rural inhabitants, minorities, people with disabilities and other marginalized social groups. | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2007 | ||
European Social Charter (Revised) 1996, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to vocational training, the Parties undertake:
2. to provide or promote a system of apprenticeship and other systematic arrangements for training young boys and girls in their various employments; | Council of Europe | Regional treaty |
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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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| 1997 | ||
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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| 1997 | ||
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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| 1998 | ||
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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| 1998 | ||
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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| 1999 | ||
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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| 2001 | ||
Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 2007, para. 14.2.g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission [...] urges Governments [...] to:] [14.2. Education and training] (g) Ensure safe and supportive school environments for girls and girl- friendly school premises by implementing measures to eliminate discrimination and violence against girls and specific measures against sexual harassment at school, achieving gender balance at all levels in the education sector, providing appropriate sanitation and recreational facilities, boarding facilities, and school transport, where appropriate, and securing safe routes to and from school; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 2007, para. 14.2.j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission [...] urges Governments [...] to:] [14.2. Education and training] (j) Ensure that young women and men have access to information and education, including peer education, youth-specific HIV education and sexual education and services necessary for behavioural change, to develop the life skills required to reduce their vulnerability to HIV infection and reproductive ill health, in full partnership with young persons, parents, families, educators and health-care providers; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 2007 | ||
Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Commission stresses that education is a human right, and that equal access to education, training and science and technology empowers women and girls in the context of global economic and technological changes and promotes development, all human rights, human rights education and learning at all levels, as well as gender equality, the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls and the eradication of poverty. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 2011 | ||
Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Commission welcomes the progress made in increasing women's and girls' access to and participation in education and training, including science and technology education. The Commission recognizes the potential of education and training and science and technology, to contribute to the economic empowerment of women, which also leads to accelerating progress towards achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, by 2015. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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| 2011 | ||
Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 22u | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Strengthening gender-sensitive quality education and training, including in the field of science and technology]: Expand and improve teacher education and training and systematically integrate a gender perspective in such programmes in order to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls and to overcome gender stereotypes; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 22v | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Strengthening gender-sensitive quality education and training, including in the field of science and technology]: Develop gender-sensitive curricula for educational programmes at all levels and take concrete measures to ensure that educational materials portray women and men, youth, girls and boys in positive and non-stereotypical roles, particularly in the teaching of scientific and technological subjects, in order to address the root causes of segregation in working life; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Commission underlines that addressing the barriers to equal access of women and girls to education, training and science and technology requires a systematic, comprehensive, integrated, sustainable, multidisciplinary and multisectoral approach, including policy, legislative and programmatic interventions and, as appropriate, gender-responsive budgeting, at all levels. | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 22c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Strengthening national legislation, policies and programmes]: Improve and systematize the collection, analysis and dissemination of sex-, age- and disability-disaggregated data; enhance capacity development in this regard; and develop relevant gender-sensitive indicators to support legislative development and policymaking on education, training and science and technology; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 22d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Strengthening national legislation, policies and programmes]: Encourage the provision of institutional and financial support for academic studies that can produce gender-specific knowledge and feed into all policies and programmes on education, training and research and support research, including longitudinal policy research, to identify specific gaps in education and career pathways, so as to promote the retention of women and girls in different fields of science and technology and in other relevant disciplines; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 22nn | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Increasing retention and progression of women in science and technology employment]: Take steps to ensure that science, technology and innovation policies take into account and address the specific constraints faced by women entrepreneurs and facilitate their access to credit, training, information and business support services, including those provided in technology parks and business incubator centres; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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Women's empowerment and the link to sustainable development 2016, para. 23q | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [The Commission [...] urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions:] [Strengthening normative, legal and policy frameworks]: Mainstream a gender perspective into education and training programmes, including science and technology, eradicate female illiteracy and support school-to-work transition through skills development to enable women's and girls' active participation in economic, social and cultural development, governance and decision-making, and create conditions that facilitate women's full participation and integration in the formal economy; | Commission on the Status of Women | CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration |
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