(c) Eliminate gender bias in curricula, methodologies and teaching practice that perpetuate gender inequalities

Supporting universal HIV AIDS education, taking gender inequalities into account

The Government is currently preparing Guidelines on Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to address the remaining inequalities, including gender inequalities, in work.

Gender inequalities in access to education are well documented in rural areas.

Trafficking is a direct manifestation of deeply ingrained gender inequalities that transcend national borders.

The YMCA also welcomes cooperation among women's organisations, NGOs, UN bodies and governments in addressing gender inequalities and achieving gender justice.

In most cases, poverty, socio economic and gender inequalities and underdevelopment are its root causes.

Eliminating gender inequalities in primary and secondary education by 2006 and at all educational levels by 2015

Though women have the right to vote in almost every country, gender inequalities in political representation remain large.

Various Government projects targeting local and national media were aimed at eliminating attitudes and approaches that might exacerbate gender inequalities.

(a) Eliminating gender inequalities in primary and secondary education by the earliest possible date and at all educational levels by 2015

Greater attention must be given to the informal economy as it does not provide social protection and may deepen gender inequalities.

Various observers for States stressed the importance of collecting statistical data to identify social inequalities and their links with gender and ethnicity.

The United Kingdom reported that a gender impact assessment handbook had been prepared in Northern Ireland to assist departments to develop action plans and address gender inequalities within their areas of responsibility.

the current patriarchal system is changed through educating boys and men that gender inequalities are an abuse of human rights and through mobilising boys and men to advance women's rights and gender justice

In several countries, access to leisure time activities is limited by stark inequalities based on gender, religious affiliation, social and economic conditions and disabilities.

He further stressed the importance of periodic reviews of programmes to assess progress made in addressing racism and gender inequalities at the national level.

However, decreased social protection and basic services in some areas have increased gender inequalities (see E CN.6 2005 2 and Corr.1, para.

The long years of war have compounded gender inequalities in the socio political and economic spheres and have escalated the scale and incidence of gender based violence, as well as impunity for such crimes.

Poverty, disparities and gender based and other inequalities are underlying factors preventing families from ensuring care and protection for their children in most poor countries.

The Committee notes with concern the persistence of gender inequalities in practice in the State party, particularly with regard to employment and participation in decision making.

Speakers said that the agencies must work together on how to measure success in gender mainstreaming and reducing inequalities between women and men, and on how to help countries to establish accountability systems in mainstreaming gender issues.

Speakers said that the agencies must work together on how to measure success in gender mainstreaming and reducing inequalities between women and men, and on how to help countries to establish accountability systems in mainstreaming gender issues.

Of course, inequalities between countries are one thing, and inequalities within countries are quite another.

The Global Health Initiative, for example, uses American taxpayer money to offset the gender related inequalities and disparities that disproportionately compromise the health of women and girls.

With the competition of these services, it will be necessary to approve and develop policies that eliminate the inequalities of gender in the treatment of these cases.

Income and wealth inequalities worsened.

Some are even reducing inequalities.

Gender inequalities also remain to be reflected throughout the educational activities such as in the teaching and learning process, in the textbooks as well as in the teaching aids.

Before then, profound inequalities between China s poor countryside and its dynamic industrial centers will generate tensions, which may be increased by the gender imbalance young men greatly outnumber young women.

It is particularly important to address gender based discrimination and inequalities that undermine women's access to opportunities in the emerging knowledge and information society, and that diminish the potential of ICT and the media to be an effective tool for the promotion of gender equality.

But significant challenges and massive inequalities remain.

Inequalities should not be frozen and perpetuated.

The Committee notes with extreme concern the dramatic inequalities based on race, social class, gender and geographic location which significantly hamper progress towards the full realization of the children's rights enshrined in the Convention.

The Committee requests that HKSAR provide, in its next periodic report, the results of the Equal Opportunities Commission Study on Gender based Pay Inequalities and the measures to follow up the findings of the study.

In the distribution by courses, there are pronounced inequalities.

Understanding and reducing these health inequalities remains a major public policy challenge worldwide. It is not only a moral issue health inequalities carry significant economic costs.

Gender inequalities in relationships are aspects of women's vulnerable to HIV AIDS, given that relationships based on power and the frequent threat of violence often make it impossible for a woman to insist on safer sexual practices.

Such inequalities exist, to varying degrees, in all developed countries.

She said that, while evidence pointed to progress in some areas of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action for promoting the status of women and the attainment of gender equality, persistent inequalities had manifested themselves in others.

But, while these policies have reduced inequalities in some social and economic outcomes, including income, housing quality, and health care access, they have been insufficient to eliminate health inequalities.

So there is a spirit of equality, combined with deep inequalities.

International inequalities, while large three decades ago, have worsened ever since.

South Asia s worst problems poverty, conflict, hunger, and gender inequalities are largely concentrated in its lagging regions, where there are limits to growth, because geography, institutions, and globalization will continue to favor the concentration of economic activity in the leading regions.

This action plan was incorporated into the Gender and Development Framework Programme, inspired by the National Human Development Programme, and aimed at reducing inequalities between men and women by broadening the range of opportunities and options open to every citizen.