Rights of the child
A/RES/70/137
(f) To promote the development of gender-responsive curricula for
educational programmes at all levels and to take concrete measures to ensure that
educational materials portray women and men, youth, girls and boys in positive and
non-stereotypical roles, including in the teaching of scientific and technological
subjects;
(g) To develop training programmes and materials for teachers and educators
that promote equality, cooperation, mutual respect and shared responsibilities
between girls and boys from pre-primary level onward;
(h) To adopt all appropriate measures to ensure that school discipline is
administered in a manner consistent with the child’s human dignity and human
rights by taking all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educatio nal
measures, in accordance with the best interests of the child, to protect the child from
all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent
treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse in schools, and in
this context to take measures to promote non-violent forms of discipline in schools;
(i) To establish child-friendly and confidential counselling, complaints and
reporting mechanisms to address incidents of violence, including sexual violence,
against children in schools or on the way to or from school, and support the
rehabilitation of child victims, as well as for the promotion of training and guidance
for teachers and school staff to detect and report cases of violence against children
to the relevant authorities;
(j) To prevent and protect children from bullying, including cyberbullying
and other online risks such as sexual violence and online exploitation, by generating
statistical information, promptly and adequately responding to such acts, providing
appropriate support and counselling to children affected by and involved in
bullying, recognizing the important role that schools can play in preventing and
responding to such incidents and in promoting online safety, through close
collaboration between governments, teachers, parents, communities, the private
sector, civil society, non-governmental organizations and children themselves;
(k) To ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood
development, care and pre-primary education;
(l) To strengthen the role of education, including human rights education, as
the most effective means of promoting tolerance, in preventing the spread of
extremism by instilling respect for human rights and promoting the practice of
non-violence, moderation, dialogue and cooperation, calling upon all States,
the specialized agencies of the United Nations and intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations to contribute actively to this endeavour by, inter
alia, placing emphasis on civic education and life skills as well as democratic
principles and practices at all levels of formal, informal and non -formal education;
(m) To take all feasible measures to protect schools from attacks, as well as
persons entitled to protection in relation to them in situations of armed conflict, and
to refrain from actions that impede children’s access to education;
(n) To ensure, as primary duty-bearers, the realization of the right to
education in all phases of emergency situations and to implement strategies and
policies in this regard as an integral element of humanitarian assistance and
humanitarian response, to the maximum of their available resources, with the
support of the international community, the United Nations system, donors,
multilateral agencies, the private sector, civil society and non-governmental
organizations;
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