Beijing Platform for Action. Chapter IV. B. Education and Training of Women – Paragraph 83(l)-(n)
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2018/10/16
Strategic objective B.4.
Develop non-discriminatory education and training
Actions to be taken
83. By Governments, educational authorities and other educational and academic institutions:
l. Encourage, with the guidance and support of their parents and in cooperation with educational staff and institutions, the elaboration of educational programmes for girls and boys and the creation of integrated services in order to raise awareness of their responsibilities and to help them to assume those responsibilities, taking into account the importance of such education and services to personal development and self-esteem, as well as the urgent need to avoid unwanted pregnancy, the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV/AIDS, and such phenomena as sexual violence and abuse;
m. Provide accessible recreational and sports facilities and establish and strengthen gender-sensitive programmes for c in education and community institutions and support the advancement of women in all areas of athletics and physical activity, including coaching, training and administration, and as participants at the national, regional and international levels;
n. Recognize and support the right of indigenous women and girls to education and promote a multicultural approach to education that is responsive to the needs, aspirations and cultures of indigenous women, including by developing appropriate education programmes, curricula and teaching aids, to the extent possible in the languages of indigenous people, and by providing for the participation of indigenous women in these processes;
Beijing Declaration (1995)
This particular paragraph set of the Beijing Declaration almost does the writing for the individual wanting to analyze it. But there are some caveats important for its consideration.
But let’s work through some of the material nonetheless. The encouragement and guidance of women into the areas of educational institutions is important, because the flourishing of nation-states has been strongly positively correlated with a net concept that means a set of policies, programs, and actionables.
This is the advancement and empowerment of women. If one wants to see the level of development of a society, they should look no further than the level of empowerment of women.
Furthermore, a set of integrated services are important for the reduction of negative life circumstances that can reduce the possibilities for women flourishing in a society.
Take, for example, the level of non-consideration for a long time as to the concerns important for gender in not particularly nuanced areas of the society. Some of these can include gender-sensitive programs in athletics and physical competitions as well.
The call is for around the world. But this, in fact, is a rather mild request but still encounters some controversies in even the mental sports of chess, for example, with sex separation of men and women as well as the call for mandatory wearing of some, usually religious, clothing in the sport, too. There has been news about Iran sometimes tied to coinciding protests of women, too.
Also, the right of the more vulnerable populations of women to be able to pursue their educational dreams and aspirations is mentioned here. Not trivial, it is 6-7% of the global population, so 3-3.5% of the world’s population with a specific mention here.
The recommendations and stipulations become more particular and all-encompassing, with an increase in fidelity, as the emphasis becomes sports and other athletic arenas & specific global populations as per the mention of Indigenous women.
–One can find similar statements in other documents, conventions, declarations and so on, with the subsequent statements of equality or women’s rights:
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Preamble, Article 16, and Article 25(2).
- Convention Against Discrimination in Education (1960) in Article 1.
- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) in Article 3, Article 7, and Article 13.
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966).
- Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979).
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984).
- The Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (1993).
- Beijing Declaration(1995).
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000).
- Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2000).
- The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa or the “Maputo Protocol” (2003).
- Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence or the Istanbul Convention (2011) Article 38 and Article 39.
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