Paragraph 84 of the Beijing Platform for Action. Chapter IV. B. Education and Training of Women
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2018/10/17
Strategic objective B.5.
Allocate sufficient resources for and monitor the implementation of educational reforms
Actions to be taken
84. By Governments:
a. Provide the required budgetary resources to the educational sector, with reallocation within the educational sector to ensure increased funds for basic education, as appropriate;
b. Establish a mechanism at appropriate levels to monitor the implementation of educational reforms and measures in relevant ministries, and establish technical assistance programmes, as appropriate, to address issues raised by the monitoring efforts.
Beijing Declaration (1995)
Paragraph 84 emphasizes the basic need for general resources – not simply monetary – to be allocated for the reforms in education. Obviously, this will mean implementation of reforms in line with the general thrust of the entirety of the document.
The budgets for the educational sector are non-trivial. Which is to say, if no dollars, then no schools. The financial considerations for the international community are non-trivial for the advancement and empowerment of women.
It is in the readjustment of the current educational curricula and educational pipelines where the monetary drain will be the most intensive, not simply upgrades in the technology or the technical expertise. It will take some vision to see these through; however, it is not coming from some mystical, mysterious realm, but the local coalition of teachers and administrations and policy-makers putting in the time and effort to make the important early life changes in the lives of kids.
The emphasis here is national, who take education and the enfranchisement of women seriously, funding for basic education. Early life education will have the most impact. Why? Brains are more malleable and hereditary components become less relevant at that time. The organism remains less fixed.
The mechanisms for keeping tracking of funding and improvement in specific areas can be a basis for improved performance in the funding allocation and basic education performance over time. Some things work; others do not.
The monitoring of success is the basis there. The educational reforms are, furthermore, relevant with the ministries and the establishment of a robust basic education system. In order to fulfill various international rights documents’ stipulations and recommendations, the monitoring is crucial in order to adapt and make efficient use of, often, limited educational funding.
–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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