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schooling of girls and young women, including married and/or pregnant girls
and young women.
3.
Health
101. Discrimination against girls and young women should be eliminated in
health and nutrition. The removal of discriminatory laws and practices
against girls and young women in food allocation and nutrition should be
promoted, and their access to health services should be ensured in accordance
with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and
Development and the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on
Women.
4.
Employment
102. Girls and young women should be protected from economic and related
forms of exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be
hazardous, to interfere with their education or to be harmful to their health
or their physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, in
conformity with the Convention of the Rights of the Child 11/ and the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
12/ Equal access for young women to all employment opportunities should be
promoted and their participation in the traditionally male-dominated sectors
should be encouraged.
5.
Violence
103. Governments should cooperate at the international level and enact and
enforce legislation protecting girls and young women from all forms of
violence, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, genital
mutilation, incest, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, child prostitution and
child pornography. Age appropriate, safe and confidential programmes and
support services to assist girls and young women who are subjected to violence
should be developed in cooperation with relevant non-governmental
organizations, particularly youth organizations, as appropriate.
J.
Full and effective participation of youth in the life of
society and in decision-making
104. The capacity for progress of our societies is based, among other
elements, on their capacity to incorporate the contribution and responsibility
of youth in the building and designing of the future. In addition to their
intellectual contribution and their ability to mobilize support, they bring
unique perspectives that need to be taken into account.
105. Any efforts and proposed actions in the other priority areas considered
in this programme are, in a certain way, conditioned by enabling the economic,
social and political participation of youth, as a matter of critical
importance.
11/
Resolution 44/25, annex.
12/
Resolution 34/180, annex.
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