Women and literacy : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1990
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SymbolA/RES/45/126
TitleWomen and literacy : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Encourages the Secretary-General and Member States, as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to support efforts to increase literacy by: (a) improving the educational opportunities for females of all ages, particularly children; (b) providing basic education to all without discrimination based on gender and in settings that are accessible and culturally acceptable; (c) encouraging the development of gender-specific indicators and measurements for assessing the impact of educational and training efforts in both domestic and international projects and programmes and for assessing the inclusion and participation of women of all ages in those efforts; urges Member States to eliminate de jure and de facto barriers to schooling for women of all ages; calls upon Member States to give special attention and emphasis to the guidelines and recommendations developed for the Year when implementing measures to eliminate literacy; calls upon Member States to accelerate the participation of women in literacy programmes, particularly in areas pertaining to the improvement of their socio-economic condition, including legal literacy and income-generating and skill-building activities; requests the Secretary-General to prepare for the world conference on women to be held in 1995 a report on the progress to increase female literacy made by Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and the specialized agencies, regional commissions and other organizations of the UN system.
Action note1990-12-14
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 68th meeting
Meeting record
A/45/PV.68
Agenda information
A/45/251 102 Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women to the Year 2000. WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
Date[New York] : UN, 21 Feb. 1991.
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4 p.
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Adopted at the 68th plenary meeting, 14 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 229-231. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 229-231. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).