women and girls and men and boys, to address
gender stereotypes in the context of equal sharing of
responsibilities between women and men, including
caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS;
direction and guidance, research and development of,
and access to, new, safe, quality and affordable HIV/
AIDS prevention products, diagnostics, medicines and
treatment commodities, including female-controlled
methods, and new preventive technologies and
microbicides and AIDS vaccines;
( qq) Take measures to increase the participation of men
in caregiving both within households and in care
professions, such as information and awareness
campaigns, education and training, school curriculum, peer programmes and government policies to
promote men’s participation and responsibilities as
fathers and caregivers, and to encourage men and
boys to become agents of change in promoting the
human rights of women and in challenging gender
stereotypes, in particular as they relate to men’s
roles in parenting and infant development;
(mm)
Strengthen, expand, improve and promote the
accessibility of quality comprehensive public health
care and services, including community-based health
services specifically related to the prevention and
treatment of HIV/AIDS, including for people with disabilities, as well as hospital and hospice-based care,
and psychosocial support services, and increase the
number of professional health-care providers, especially in rural areas, to alleviate the current burden on
women and girls who provide unpaid care services in
the context of HIV/AIDS;
(rr) Address gender stereotypes in the context of equal
sharing of responsibilities between women and men
by encouraging media to promote gender equality
and the non-stereotypical portrayal of women and
girls and men and boys, and by carrying out and
publishing research on views, especially of men and
boys, on gender equality and perceptions of gender
roles, as well as by assessing the impact of efforts
undertaken in achieving gender equality;
(nn) Design and implement programmes, including
awareness-raising programmes, to promote the
active involvement of men and boys in eliminating
gender stereotypes as well as gender inequality
and gender-based violence and abuse, and educate
men, including young men, to understand their role
and responsibility in the spread of HIV/AIDS and
in matters related to their sexuality, reproduction,
child-rearing and the promotion of equality between
women and men and girls and boys, and enable
women and men to adopt safe and responsible,
non-coercive sexual and reproductive behaviour,
including increased access to an appropriate and
comprehensive package of prevention programmes
and support, to prevent the transmission of HIV
and other sexually transmitted infections, including
through increased access to education, including
in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, for
young people, and encourage the full participation of
men and boys in caregiving, prevention, treatment,
support and impact evaluation programmes;
(ss) Develop strategies to eliminate gender stereotypes
in all spheres of life, including in public and political
life, and foster the positive portrayal of women
and girls as leaders and decision-makers at all levels
and in all areas, to achieve the equal sharing of
responsibilities between women and men;
(tt) Encourage and support men and boys to take an
active part in the prevention and elimination of all
forms of violence, especially gender-based violence,
including by developing strategies to eliminate
gender stereotypes and by developing programmes
that promote respectful relationships, and rehabilitate perpetrators as part of a strategy of zero
tolerance for violence against women and girls;
(oo) Develop and implement appropriate policies and
programmes to address stereotypical attitudes and
behaviours to promote the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men across the life cycle;
(uu) Conduct research and collect sex- and age-dis-
aggregated data and develop gender-sensitive
indicators, as appropriate, to inform policymaking,
conduct assessments in a coordinated manner, and
measure progress in the sharing of responsibilities
between women and men, including in the context
(pp) Develop gender-sensitive education and training programmes, including for educators at all levels, aimed
at eliminating discriminatory attitudes towards
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