Improvement of the Status and Role of Women in Education

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Compulsory Education Education Equality Gender Discrimination Illiteracy Scholarships Vocational Education Women's Advancement Women's Status

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11 operative paragraphs

Appeals to all States which have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education, 1960,64 elaborated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and to the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958611 and the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975,66 elaborated by the International Labour Organisation;

Calls upan States to undertake, whenever necessary, in their economic, social and cultural programmes, specific short-term and long-term measures aimed at improving the status and role of women in education,

bearing in mind the following:

The provisions of the Declaration on the Elimi- (a) nation of Discrimination against Women;

The provisions of the World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women's Year67 concerning education and training, particularly with respect to an increase in literacy and equal access of women at every level of education, as well as the provisions of the Convention and Recommendation against Discrimination in Education, 1960 and the appropriate recommendation concerning technical and vocational education of the United

64 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 429, p. 93.

611 International Labour Organisation, Conventions and Recommendations, 1919-1966 (Geneva, 1966), Convention No. 111.

66 International Labour Oflice, Official Bulletin, vol. LVIII, 1975, Series A, No. 1, Convention No. 142.

67 Report of the World Conference of the lnternational Women's Year (United Nations publication,

Sales No. E.76.IV.1), chap. II, sect. A. Resolutiom adopted on the reporta of the Third Committee

Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization, and the provisions of the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958, the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 and the appropriate recommendations concerning discrimination ( employment and occupation), employment ( women with family responsibilities) and human resources development of the International Labour Organisation;

Calls upon States, whenever necessary, to undertake all possible measures to eliminate illiteracy among women, especially during the United Nations Decade for Women;

Calls upan States which have not yet done so 4. to consider undertaking all appropriate measures:

To introduce free and compulsory education at the elementary leve! and, where possible, free education at all levels, including professional, vocational and technical education, which should be accessible to women without discrimination;

To promote co-education;

To ensure that men and women have access (e) on a footing of equality to scholarships and other study grants when these are provided nationally or are made available to States under bilateral or multilateral agreements;

Recammends that States should introduce measures to expand the exchange of experience on issues concerning the improvement of the status and role of women in education, particularly through courses, seminars and symposiums organized at the national, regional and international levels;

Invites Member States, as well as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the International Labour Organisation and other organizations of the United Nations system, including regional commissions, and interested intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations having consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, to submit to the Secretary-General their observations concerning the improvement of the status and role of women in education;

Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Directors-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Labour Organisation and taking into account the comments and observations received under paragraph 6 above, to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session a report on the status and role of women in education;

Decides to consider the report of the Secretary- General at its thirty-third session.

ÜERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, JAMAICA, NIGERIA, PHILIP- PINES and UNITED K!NGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTIIBRN ffiELAND.

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