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(40.6) - encourage measures effectively to ensure full economic opportunity for women, including non-discriminatory employment policies and practices, equal access to education and
training, and measures to facilitate combining employment with family responsibilities for female and male workers; and will seek to ensure that any structural adjustment policies or programmes do not have an adversely discriminatory effect on women;
(40.7) - seek to eliminate all forms of violence against women, and all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women including by ensuring adequate legal prohibitions against such acts and other appropriate measures;
(40.8) - encourage and promote equal opportunity for full participation by women in all aspects of political and public life, in decision-making processes and in international co-operation in general;
(40.9) - recognize the vital role women and women’s organizations play in national and international efforts to promote and enhance women’s rights by providing, inter alia, direct services and support to women and encouraging a meaningful partnership between governments
and these organizations for the purpose of advancing equality for women;
(40.10) - recognize the rich contribution of women to all aspects of political, cultural, social
and economic life and promote a broad understanding of these contributions, including those
made in the informal and unpaid sectors;
(40.11) - take measures to encourage that information regarding women and women’s rights
under international and domestic law is easily accessible;
(40.12) - develop educational policies, consistent with their constitutional systems, to support
the participation of women in all areas of study and work, including non-traditional areas,
and encourage and promote a greater understanding of issues relating to equality between
men and women;
(40.13) - ensure the collection and analysis of data to assess adequately, monitor and improve
the situation of women; these data should not contain any personal information.
(41) The participating States decide
(41.1) - to ensure protection of the human rights of persons with disabilities;
(41.2) - to take steps to ensure the equal opportunity of such persons to participate fully in the
life of their society;
(41.3) - to promote the appropriate participation of such persons in decision-making in fields
concerning them;
(41.4) - to encourage services and training of social workers for the vocational and social rehabilitation of persons with disabilities;
(41.5) - to encourage favourable conditions for the access of persons with disabilities to public
buildings and services, housing, transport, and cultural and recreational activities.
(42) The participating States
(42.1) - affirm that human rights education is fundamental and that it is therefore essential
that their citizens are educated on human rights and fundamental freedoms and the commitment to respect such rights and freedoms in domestic legislation and international instruments to which they may be parties;
(42.2) - recognize that effective human rights education contributes to combating intolerance,
religious, racial and ethnic prejudice and hatred, including against Roma, xenophobia and
anti-semitism;
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