Importance of the improvement of the status and role of women in education and in the economic and social fields for the achievement of the equality of women with men.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (34th sess. : 1979-1980)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    17 December 1979
UN General Assembly (34th sess. : 1979-1980), Importance of the improvement of the status and role of women in education and in the economic and social fields for the achievement of the equality of women with men., A/RES/34/159, UN General Assembly, 17 December 1979, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1979/en/7890 [accessed 15 January 2025]
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34. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
159. Importance of the improvement of the status and role of women in education and in the economic and social fields for the achievement of the equality of women with men

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3520 (XXX) of 15 December 1975, in which it proclaimed the period from 1976 to 1985 the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Recalling also its resolutions 31/134 of 16 December 1976 and 33/184, 33/185 and 33/189 of 29 January 1979, Recognizing the urgent need to improve the status and role of women in education and in the economic and social fields for the achievement of the equality of women with men, Recognizing also the importance of the exchange of experience in these matters among States, Taking note of the analytical report of the Secretary-General on the status and role of women in education and in the economic and social fields,[1]

1. Urges States to take necessary measures to promote full equality of women with men in education and in the economic and social fields;

2. Recommends that States should envisage in their policies all appropriate measures to create necessary conditions which will enable women to participate in work on an equal footing with men;

3. Recommends further that States should take measures to expand the exchange of experience in matters concerning the improvement of the status and role of women in education and in the economic and social fields for the achievement of the equality of women with men;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to circulate his analytical report on the status and role of women in education and in the economic and social fields as a background document for the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, under item 8 of its provisional agenda;[2]

5. Invites the Conference to give due attention to the question of the improvement of the status and role of women in education and in the economic and social fields for the achievement of the equality of women with men.

105th plenary meeting
17 December 1979
[1] A/34/577 and Add. 1. [2] See resolution 33/189, annex.
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