Women’s equality in education

Recalling its general recommendation No. 36 (2017) on the right of girls and women to education, the Committee recommends that the State party promote the importance of girls’ education at all levels as a basis for their empowerment. It recommends that the State party assess the impact of the inclusion of gender equality in its education curricula to identify how it could be further strengthened, notably with a view to also forming a basis to address and reverse gendered educational choices.

The Committee recommends that the State party intensify efforts towards a gender-equal labour market and orienting more girls to career paths traditionally followed by men and boys to career paths traditionally followed by women, including by allocating more resources to campaigns where pupils can obtain information about these professions, and by conducting awareness-raising programmes to increase the understanding of the importance of traditionally female dominated fields of study and career paths, such in the care sector, and to increase the value assigned to these by society.

The Committee recommends thath the State party provide comprehensive and systematic capacity building to teachers, pupils and parents on preventing and addressing bullying with a gender perspective, set up confidential complaint mechanisms in schools, include anti-bullying education in school curricula at both the primary and secondary levels, and provide pupils with information on defending themselves against bullying.