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Violence against women 1998, para. n

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Actions to be taken by Governments and civil society, including non-governmental organizations:] Conduct research on, and create policies and programmes to change, the attitudes and behaviour of perpetrators of violence against women within family and society;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Women
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

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. 22gg

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Supporting the transition from education to full employment and decent work]: Promote the reconciliation of work and family responsibilities for women and men, as well as the equal sharing of employment and family responsibilities between women and men, including by: designing, implementing and promoting family-friendly legislation, policies and services, such as affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependent persons, and parental and other leave schemes; undertaking campaigns to sensitize public opinion and other relevant actors to these issues; and promoting measures that reconcile care and professional life and emphasize men's equal responsibilities with respect to household work;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

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. 22o

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Expanding access and participation in education]: Increase enrolment and retention rates of girls in education, inter alia, by: allocating appropriate and adequate budgetary resources; enlisting the support of parents and the community, including through campaigns and flexible school schedules; providing financial and other incentives targeted at families, including access to free education at the primary level, and at other levels where possible, and scholarships; and providing teaching, learning and hygiene and health supplies, as well as nutritional and academic support, in order to minimize the costs of education, in particular to families, and to facilitate parents' ability to choose education for their children;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The girl child 1998, para. e

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Actions to be taken by Governments, educational institutions and the United Nations system, as appropriate:] Provide gender-sensitive training for school administrators, parents and all members of the school community, such as local administrators, staff, teachers, school boards and students;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The girl child 1998, para. d

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Actions to be taken by Governments, educational institutions and the United Nations system, as appropriate:] Encourage all levels of society, including parents, Governments and non-governmental organizations, to support the implementation of educational policies to enhance gender awareness in the community;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
Year
1998
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 13

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
The Commission urges States to strongly condemn violence against women and girls committed in armed conflict and post-conflict situations, and recognizes that sexual and gender-based violence affects victims and survivors, families, communities and societies, and calls for effective measures of accountability and redress as well as effective remedies.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes at all levels 2006, para. 17q

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[The Commission urged Governments, [...], to take the following actions:] Foster an enabling environment in decision-making processes at all levels, including through measures aimed at reconciling family and employment responsibilities, inter alia, by better sharing of paid and unpaid work between women and men;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality 2004, para. 6c

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[The Commission urges Governments [...] to take the following actions:] Create and improve training and education programmes to enhance awareness and knowledge among men and women of their roles as parents, legal guardians and caregivers and the importance of sharing family responsibilities, and include fathers as well as mothers in programmes that teach infant childcare development;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2004
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Women and health 1999, para. 4e

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate:] (e) Promote equitable sharing of household and family responsibilities between women and men, and provide social support systems, where appropriate, to help women who, as a result of their multiple roles in the family, often may suffer from fatigue and stress;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1999
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Education and training of women 1997, para. 16

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
The use of instruments available to ensure equality in education and training should be promoted - instruments such as research, information campaigns, refresher courses for teachers, development of gender-sensitive teaching materials, positive action measures and gender-impact assessments. They focus on a variety of actors: girls and boys, parents, teachers, school administrators and policy makers.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
1997
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 20

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
The Commission on the Status of Women recommends to the Economic and Social Council that the suggestions set out above be taken into account in defining the policies of the United Nations system, as well as those of Member States.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 18c

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Research could be conducted drawing on the capabilities of the various United Nations organizations, particularly in the following areas, when compatible with the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001;] (c) Collection and exchange of information on the different systems that exist for alimony payments;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 12i

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Action is needed to:] (i) Encourage the participation of women in bodies responsible for negotiating working conditions. In this respect, it is interesting to note the relationship that exists between the proportion of women participating in negotiations on working conditions and the importance attached to this problem;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 12g

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Action is needed to:] (g) Ratify and accede to and ensure implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women so that universal ratification can be achieved by the year 2000;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 12e

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Action is needed to:] (e) Eliminate the differences in remuneration between women and men for equal work or work of equal value, and promote the development of non-discriminatory methods of evaluating work and their inclusion in wage negotiations;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 12d

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Action is needed to:] (d) Promote conditions and a way of organizing work that would enable women and men to reconcile their family and professional life, particularly through the introduction of flexi-time for women and men;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 12a

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Action is needed to:] (a) Promulgate and apply laws and other measures to prohibit all forms of direct or indirect discrimination based on gender or matrimonial status, inter alia, by making reference to family responsibilities;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 7

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
It is important to change attitudes towards the status of unremunerated work and the relative role of women and men in the family, the community, the workplace and society at large. Measures taken to this end must be aimed as much at women as at men, and at the different generations, with particular attention to adolescents.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 6

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
These changes, which imply a change in outlook, can be encouraged by Governments, notably through education and by promoting greater access on the part of men to activities hitherto regarded as women's activities.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 2

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
The main lines of action suggested in order to reduce the burden of family responsibilities on women and bring about the sharing of these responsibilities are set out below.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 1

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
Questions relating to child and dependant care, to sharing of family tasks and responsibilities and to unremunerated work must be taken fully into account in mainstreaming a gender perspective, in gender analysis and in all other relevant methodologies used to promote equality between men and women.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS 2009, para. 15t

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[The Commission urges Governments, [...] to take the following actions [...]:] (t) Adopt, implement, evaluate and, where necessary, review gender- sensitive legislation and policies that promote balance between paid work and family responsibilities, reduce occupational and sectoral segregation, advance equal remuneration, and ensure that workers with flexible arrangements are not discriminated against;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2009
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 2007, para. 8

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
The Commission recognizes that the empowerment of girls is key to breaking the cycle of discrimination and violence and to promoting and protecting the full and effective enjoyment of all their human rights. It also recognizes that empowering girls requires the active support and engagement of their parents, legal guardians, families, boys and men, as well as the wider community.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2007
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality 2004, para. 6m

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[The Commission urges Governments [...] to take the following actions:] Adopt and implement legislation and/or policies to close the gap between women's and men's pay and promote reconciliation of occupational and family responsibilities, including through the reduction of occupational segregation, the introduction or expansion of parental leave, flexible working arrangements, such as voluntary part-time work, tele-working and other home-based work;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2004
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality 2004, para. 6b

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[The Commission urges Governments [...] to take the following actions:] Promote understanding of the importance of fathers, mothers, legal guardians and other caregivers to the well-being of children and the promotion of gender equality and the need to develop policies, programmes and school curricula that encourage and maximize their positive involvement in achieving gender equality and positive results for children, families and communities;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2004
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 2001, para. 2n

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations and civil society, as appropriate]: Consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families as a matter of priority, and consider promoting ratification of the relevant conventions of the International Labour Organization.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Persons on the move
Year
2001
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 19

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
The Commission on the Status of Women recommends to the Economic and Social Council that all the strategies and policies of the United Nations and of Member States designed to promote gender equality should take fully into account child and dependant care, sharing of family work and responsibilities between men and women, and unremunerated work, as integral parts of the concept of equality between men and women.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 18e

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Research could be conducted drawing on the capabilities of the various United Nations organizations, particularly in the following areas, when compatible with the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001;] (e) Time-use surveys of unremunerated work of women and men, with a view to measuring its impact on the use and monitoring of economic and social policies.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 18d

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Research could be conducted drawing on the capabilities of the various United Nations organizations, particularly in the following areas, when compatible with the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001;] (d) Unremunerated work which addresses the measuring and value of this work, within the framework of the implementation of the Platform for Action;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 18b

Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Paragraph text
[Research could be conducted drawing on the capabilities of the various United Nations organizations, particularly in the following areas, when compatible with the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001;] (b) Compilation of data on the unremunerated work which is already taken into account in the System of National Accounts, for example in agriculture and other types of non-mercantile production activity;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

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