CEDAW/C/GC/36 (a) Challenging and changing patriarchal ideologies and structures that limit girls and women from freely and fully exercising and enjoying their human rights to, within and through education; (b) Developing and implementing policies and programmes, including awareness-raising and educational campaigns about the Convention, gender relations and gender equality, at all levels of schooling and among society at large, directed at modifying the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices and customary practices, in line with article 5 (a) of the Convention; (c) Encouraging the media to project positive and non-sexualized images of women, including women and girls from ethnic minority groups, older women and women and girls with disabilities, and promote the value of gender equality for society as a whole; (d) Revising and developing non-stereotypical educational curricula, textbooks and teaching materials to eliminate traditional gender stereotypes that reproduce and reinforce gender-based discrimination against girls and women and to promote more balanced, accurate, healthy and positive projections of the images and voices of women and girls; (e) Instituting mandatory training of teaching staff at all levels of education on gender issues and gender sensitivity and the impact of gendered behaviours on teaching and learning processes. VII. The right of access to education 28. The right of girls and women of access to high-quality education is based on the availability of adequate infrastructure to meet their needs. Without such availability, the right of access is compromised. When girls and women lack access to high -quality education, they ultimately face major difficulties, including lack of personal autonomy and choices, including control over their health and sexual and reproductive decisions, lower-quality health care for themselves and their children, intergenerational poverty and lack of power-sharing and participation on an equal basis with boys and men in both the private and public domains. Ensuring that right necessitates paying due attention to physical, technological and economic access, in particular for disadvantaged groups and those in precarious situations. Physical access: availability of adequate infrastructure 29. Availability refers to providing functioning educational institutions and programmes in sufficient quantity to meet the needs of girls and women within the jurisdiction of the State party irrespective of their location (article 14) or any other factor. Access to educational institutions must be provided within safe reach for girls and women, either by ensuring that they are accessible at some reasonably convenient geographical location or through technological means. Proximity to schools, in particular in rural areas, is crucial, given the prevalence of gender-based violence against girls and women in public spaces and the risk that they face when travelling to and from school. School distance can constitute an significant barrier to school attendance, especially in rural areas, where over 80 per cent of all out-of-school children live. 30. Essential consideration must be given to providing adequate infrastructure in educational institutions in order to remove the barriers to the successful completion of school faced by girls from the age of menarche. Lack of an enabling school environment, including inadequate water and sanitation and hygiene facilities 17-19774 7/23