Article 26, Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Articles 2.2 and 13 (2)(c), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Article 4(a), Convention against Discrimination in Education; Article 28(c), Convention on the Rights of the Child; Article 5(e)(v), International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Article 10(a), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; Article 24(5), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Articles 22 and 29, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees; Articles 30 and 43, 1 (a), (b), (c), Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families; Article 13(3)(c), Protocol of San Salvador ; Article 11(c), African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; Article 13(4)(f), African Youth Charter; Article 49(c), Charter of the Organisation of American States; Article 12(1)(a), Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa; Article 3(d) World Declaration on Higher Education for the Twenty-first Century; Para 32, General Comment 13, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR); Article 3(d) World Declaration on Higher Education for the Twenty-first Century; Paragraph 32, General Comment 13, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
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Levels of education; Vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalised groups
Policies and measures targeting special groups are a means to reduce systemic inequalities. They should be understood as targeted temporary actions aiming to facilitate access, participation, and completion of vulnerable, disadvantaged and/or marginalised groups that are underrepresented in different levels of education. If States do not allocate the corresponding budget, special policies and measures will hardly be implemented. This indicator can be broken down into different categories, for example:
Has the State allocated budget to implement laws and policies targeting women or LGBTQI+?
Has the State allocated budget to implement laws and policies targeting vulnerable, disadvantaged and/or marginalised racial, ethnic, caste, religious or indigenous groups?
Has the State allocated budget to implement laws and policies targeting migrants, refugees and/or asylum seekers?
Has the State allocated budget to implement laws and policies targeting persons with disabilities?
Has the State allocated budget to implement laws and policies targeting people from low income families and vulnerable, disadvantaged and/or marginalised socio-economic status?
Has the State allocated budget to implement laws and policies targeting special groups, specially those marginalised because of their place of residence?