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(b)
Protect girls from all forms of violence and exploitation, including female
infanticide, female genital mutilation, rape, domestic violence, incest, sexual abuse, sexual
exploitation, child prostitution and child pornography, human trafficking, forced migration,
forced labour, early and forced marriage and forced sterilization, including by addressing
their root causes, to eliminate prenatal sex selection and to develop age-appropriate safe
and confidential programmes and medical, social and psychological support services to
assist girls who are subjected to violence and discrimination;
(c)
Promote gender equality and equal access to basic social services, such as
education, nutrition, birth registration, health care, including sexual and reproductive
health, in line with the International Conference on Population and Development,
vaccinations and protection from diseases representing the major causes of mortality;
(d)
Involve girls and their representative organizations in decision-making
processes, as appropriate, and include them as full and active partners in identifying their
own needs and in developing, planning, implementing and assessing policies and
programmes to meet those needs;
Children with disabilities
18.
Recognizes that children with disabilities should have full enjoyment of all
human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children, and recalls
the obligations to that end undertaken by the States parties to the Convention on the Rights
of the Child and to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
19.
Calls upon all States:
(a)
To take all necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all
human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities, in both the public and
private spheres, including by incorporating an explicit focus on the specific needs of
children with disabilities into policies and programmes for children, taking into account the
particular situation of children with disabilities, who may be subject to multiple or
aggravated forms of discrimination, including girls and children living in poverty;
(b)
To ensure the protection of the dignity of children with disabilities, to
promote their self-reliance and to facilitate their full and active participation and inclusion
in the community, including by ensuring access to quality, inclusive education and health
services, and to enact and enforce legislation protecting children with disabilities against all
forms of discrimination, exploitation, human trafficking, violence and abuse;
(c)
To consider ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto as a matter of priority;
Migrant children
20.
Also calls upon all States to ensure for migrant children, as well as for
children of migrant parents, the enjoyment of all human rights of every child within their
jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, to provide access to health care, social
services and education of good quality in accordance with domestic laws consistent with
applicable international obligations, and to ensure that migrant children, especially those
who are unaccompanied and those who are victims of violence and exploitation receive
special protection and assistance, in accordance with their obligations, as reflected in
articles 9 and 10 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
21.
Calls upon States to establish or strengthen policies and programmes aimed
at addressing the situation of children in the context of migration that have a human rightsbased approach and are based on general principles, such as the best interests of the child,
non-discrimination, participation, survival and development;
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