Part II Protecting and promoting the rights of women and girls: NHRIs in action
Chapter 7:
Promoting and monitoring the
human rights of womens and girls
KEY QUESTIONS
• What strategies can NHRIs use to promote the human rights of women and
girls?
• What professional groups could be prioritized for engagement?
• What good practice examples can NHRIs draw on for inspiration and
guidance?
BASIS FOR NHRI INVOLVEMENT
PARIS PRINCIPLES
Competence and responsibilities
3. A national institution shall, inter alia, have the following responsibilities:
(f) To assist in the formulation of programmes for the teaching of, and
research into, human rights and to take part in their execution in
schools, universities and professional circles;
(g) To publicize human rights and efforts to combat all forms of
discrimination, in particular racial discrimination, by increasing public
awareness, especially through information and education and by making
use of all press organs.
AMMAN DECLARATION
NHRIs agree to the following broad principles and areas of work:
• Promote the realization of the human rights of women and girls, including
as found in CEDAW, the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other human rights norms and
standards, into national law and policies (paragraph 7).
• Undertake education, promotion and awareness-raising activities on
the human rights of women and girls, gender equality and relevant
international standards. Particular attention should be paid to eliminating
prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on
the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on
stereotyped roles for men and women. NHRIs will work to eliminate stigma
attached to women and girls who come forward when their rights are
violated (paragraph 12).
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