Girls Protection
Girl-Child 1. End all forms of discrimination against the girl-child.STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Every child has the right to enjoy their human rights and to special protective measures without discrimination, including protection from discrimination because of what her/his parents do or believe. ICCPR 24:1; CRC 2
ACTIONS: * Ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. * Ensure that a child is registered immediately after birth, has the right from birth to a name, to acquire a nationality, and to know and be cared for by his or her parents. * Pass and strictly enforce laws to prevent early non-consensual marriage and raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary. * Pass and enforce laws that ensure the equal right to inherit regardless of sex.2. End negative cultural attitudes and practices against girls.STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Countries should take appropriate and effective measures to end the practice of female circumcision. CEDAW GR 14
Countries should take all appropriate measures to change social and cultural patterns of conduct that are based on the idea of the inferiority or superiority of either of the sexes and on stereotyped roles for women and men. DEVAW 4j
Countries should not invoke any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid their obligation to eliminate violence against women in all its forms. DEVAW 4
ACTIONS: * Encourage and support NGOs and community-based organizations in their efforts to change negative attitudes and practices towards girls and promote equality.3. Promote and protect the rights of the girl-child and increase awareness of her needs and potential.STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Children have many civil and political rights, including the right to life, to a name and nationality, to an identity, to express their views in all matters affecting the child, to freedom of expression and thought, to freedom of association, to privacy and to information. CRC 6,7,8,12,13,14,15,16,17; ICCPR 24
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Every child has the right to enjoy their human rights and to special protective measures without discrimination, including protection from discrimination because of what her/his parents do or believe. ICCPR 24:1; CRC 2
ACTIONS: * Ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. * Ensure that a child is registered immediately after birth, has the right from birth to a name, to acquire a nationality, and to know and be cared for by his or her parents. * Pass and strictly enforce laws to prevent early non-consensual marriage and raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary. * Pass and enforce laws that ensure the equal right to inherit regardless of sex.2. End negative cultural attitudes and practices against girls.STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Countries should take appropriate and effective measures to end the practice of female circumcision. CEDAW GR 14
Countries should take all appropriate measures to change social and cultural patterns of conduct that are based on the idea of the inferiority or superiority of either of the sexes and on stereotyped roles for women and men. DEVAW 4j
Countries should not invoke any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid their obligation to eliminate violence against women in all its forms. DEVAW 4
ACTIONS: * Encourage and support NGOs and community-based organizations in their efforts to change negative attitudes and practices towards girls and promote equality.3. Promote and protect the rights of the girl-child and increase awareness of her needs and potential.STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Children have many civil and political rights, including the right to life, to a name and nationality, to an identity, to express their views in all matters affecting the child, to freedom of expression and thought, to freedom of association, to privacy and to information. CRC 6,7,8,12,13,14,15,16,17; ICCPR 24
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