Child, early and forced marriage A/RES/79/158 by relevant stakeholders, with the full and meaningful participation of the women and girls affected, from the early stages of humanitarian emergencies, and recognizing further the importance of addressing the increased vulnerability of women and girls to sexual and gender-based violence and exploitation in those situations, Recognizing further that preventing and ending child, early and forced marriage and supporting married girls and women affected by this harmful practice require appropriate gender-responsive and age-sensitive protection, prevention and response measures, as well as coordinated action by relevant stakeholders, and that existing gaps in the collection and use of reliable data and evidence remain a major challenge for programming and informing appropriate measures and actions, Recognizing that research initiatives and disaggregated data collection at the global, regional, national and subnational levels provide critical information on child, early and forced marriage and how trends related to child, early and forced marriage change over time and that further data and research is needed in contexts with a high prevalence of child, early and forced marriage, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General; 15 2. Reaffirms the commitment at the very heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind and commit to taking more tangible steps to support people in vulnerable situations and to reach the furthest behind first, and emphasizes the commitment to get back onto a track of accelerated progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including target 5.3, noting that gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and their full and equal enjoyment of their human rights will make a crucial contribution to progress across all the Goals and targets, while reiterating that States will not be able to achieve the ambitious Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda without a revitalized and enhanced Global Partnership and comparably ambitious means of implementation and the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the implementation of the Agenda ; 3. Calls upon States, with the participation of relevant stakeholders, including women and girls, men and boys, parents and other family members, teachers, religious, traditional and community leaders, civil society, organizations led by girls, women’s organizations, youth and human rights groups, the media and the private sector, to develop and implement holistic, comprehensive and coordinated age- and gender-responsive and disability-inclusive, victim-centred and multisectoral responses and strategies that respect human rights to prevent, address and eliminate child, early and forced marriage, to support girls and women who are affected or at risk, who have fled such a marriage or whose marriage has dissolved, and widowed girls or women who were married as girls, including through the strengthening of child protection systems, social work programmes, protection mechanisms such as safe shelters, mental health and psychosocial support services, empowerment and livelihood support, community sensitization, family reunification, access to justice and the sharing of best practices across borders; 4. Also calls upon States to develop and implement measures at all levels to end child, early and forced marriage, including national and subnational action plans where appropriate, and to make adequate resources, including financing, available across relevant sectors, including health, nutrition, sanitation, shelter, protection, governance and education; 5. Urges States to enact, enforce and uphold laws and policies aimed at preventing, addressing and ending child, early and forced marriage, including by enabling women and girls to leave the marriage without undue financial or __________________ 15 24-24151 A/79/308. 7/15