IV. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY
THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Sixth session (1987)*
General recommendation No. 3: Education and public information campaigns
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
Considering that the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has
considered 34 reports from States parties since 1983,
Further considering that, although the reports have come from States with different levels
of development, they present features in varying degrees showing the existence of stereotyped
conceptions of women, owing to sociocultural factors, that perpetuate discrimination based on
sex and hinder the implementation of article 5 of the Convention,
Urges all States parties effectively to adopt education and public information programmes,
which will help eliminate prejudices and current practices that hinder the full operation of the
principle of the social equality of women.
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Contained in document A/42/38.