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(b)
Adopt and periodically review, monitor and evaluate constitutional
guarantees, legislative frameworks, policies and programmes to counter
discrimination and ensure the enjoyment of the right to quality education by every
girl, as well as respect the best interests of the child and her right to be heard;
(c)
Ensure adequate financial resources and direct and transparent gendersensitive budgeting for legislation, policies and programmes on girls’ education at all
levels and in all situations, including through international cooperation that is
coordinated, sustainable and monitored and effectively targeted to those girls most at
risk of being left behind;
(d)
Ensure that the right to education is justiciable and that every girl is
aware of her rights and has access to child-friendly, gender-sensitive and safe judicial
and non-judicial remedies, and strengthen the monitoring by national human rights
institutions of girls’ equal enjoyment of the right to education;
(e)
Take proactive, holistic and appropriate measures, including awarenessraising and dissemination of information, to promote girls’ education and dismantle
harmful gender stereotypes in public and private life, including in education, in
cooperation with girls and boys, civil society, community and religious leaders, and
the media;
(f)
Periodically review and revise school curricula, textbooks, programmes
and teaching methods to ensure the elimination of harmful gender stereotypes,
inclusion of gender equality and human rights education, and ensure that
comprehensive education on sexuality and reproduction is part of the mandatory
school curriculum;
(g)
Ensure that girls enjoy the same quality education as boys, including the
same range of courses and activities, including sports, even where schools are
segregated by gender;
(h)
Ensure that teachers are qualified and adequately trained, including on
human rights and gender equality, and that girls are encouraged to freely choose nontraditional fields of study, including through academic counselling;
(i)
Guarantee the enjoyment by every girl of a non-discriminatory, inclusive
and quality educational environment that is gender-sensitive, transformative and
responsive to their views and needs, including accessible education facilities with safe
drinking water; separate, sheltered latrines for girls; and resources for menstrual
hygiene, with attention to girls with disabilities;
(j)
Ensure the same admission criteria for girls and boys at all levels of
education, in public and private educational institutions, eliminate direct and indirect
costs to quality education and protect girls, in particular those most disadvantaged,
against exclusion and interference by State actors and private entities;
(k)
Ensure that education is safe and physically accessible by every girl,
including girls living in rural and remote areas and, in that context, provide safe,
affordable, gender-sensitive and accessible means of transportation to and from
school;
(l)
Take proactive measures to ensure that pregnant girls continue to attend
and complete school, including through the availability of childcare facilities,
breastfeeding rooms and counselling on the school premises, and encourage young
mothers and girls who have dropped out to reintegrate and re-engage in the
educational system;
(m) Take adequate measures to eliminate all forms of violence against girls,
including school-related gender-based violence and harmful practices, and effectively
prevent, investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of gender-based violence,
including by teachers;
(n)
Protect girls and educational institutions from attacks on girls’
education, including in the context of violent extremism, and prevent the use of
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