A House with Two Rooms - The Advocates for Human Rights

Fund on a temporary basis represents
an extraordinary opportunity to provide
temporary financing to FTI countries
working towards the elimination of
fees.” Id. at 5.
319 Convention on the Rights of the Child, supra note
64, art. 2(1); Convention against Discrimination in
Education art. 3, entered into force May 22, 1962, 429
U.N.T.S. 93.
320 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women art. 10(f), G.A. Res.
34/180, U.N. Doc. A/34/46, entered into force Sept. 3,
1981. Other measures the government should take, as
outlined in article 12 of the Protocol to the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights
of Women in Africa, supra note 3, include:
o The elimination of stereotypes
perpetuating discrimination against
women and girls in educational
curricula, and the incorporation of
human rights and gender issues into
curricula and teacher training;
o Protection against sexual harassment
in the educational setting, including
providing sanctions against the
perpetrators of such practices and
rehabilitation services to victims;
o Promotion of literacy, education and
training for women at all levels and in
all disciplines.
321 See e.g., Women’s Commission for Refugee Women
and Children, Help Us Help Ourselves: Education in the
Conflict to Post-Conflict Transition in Liberia 16-17 (2006).
322 CAren gowAn et Al., u.n. millennium ProjeCt,
tAking ACtion: ACHieving gender eQuAlity And
emPowering women 49 (2008)).
323 See Canadian International Development Agency,
Equality between Women and Men, http://www.cida.
gc.ca/equality (last visited June 15, 2009).
324 Liberian Primary Education Recovery Program, supra note
317, at 8.
325 Int’l Labour Organisation & U.N. Educational,
Scientific, & Cultural Organization, ILO/UNESCO
Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers
art. 10(l) (1966), http://unesdoc.unesco.org/
images/0016/001604/160495e.pdf.
326 Id. art. 145.
327 Id. art. 141(2).
328 Id. art. 115(a)-(c).
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329 Kosovo Government Raises Salaries for Teachers,
Sept. 1, 2008, http://www.newkosovareport.
com/200809011177/Society/Kosovo-governmentraises-salaries-for-teachers.html.
330 tHe world bAnk, resHAPing tHe future:
eduCAtion And PostConfliCt reConstruCtion 41-
61 (2005).
331 Id. art. 111-12. It should be noted that the Liberian
government has set a goal of constructing 105 teacher
houses in its Poverty Reduction Strategy.
332 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of
Teachers, supra note 325, art. 12.
333 Id. art. 13-15.
334 Id. art. 19-30.
335 Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and
Children, Survey on Education in Emergencies 21
(2004) (“Many NGOs seek to hire as many female
teachers as possible but find this difficult due to the
limited number of qualified women—one of the
consequences of the low enrollment of girls in higher
primary and post-primary grades. To compensate,
NGOs are willing to provide training to female
teachers to improve their skills. Cultural pressures
and family responsibilities, however, may still prevent
women from becoming teachers.”) Id. at 20.
336 U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organizatrion, Convention on Technical and
Vocational Education art. 2(1), entered into force August
29, 1991. Liberia has not yet ratified the Convention
on Technical and Vocational Education.
337 U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, Gen. Comment No. 14, The Right to the Highest
Attainable Standard of Health 11, U.N. Doc.
E/C.12/2000/4 (Aug. 11, 2000).
338 Id. 12 (citations omitted).
339 Janine Barden-O’Fallon et al., U.S. Agency for Int’l
Development, MEASURE Evaluation, Prodim,
Impact of Oportunidades on Contraceptive Methods Use in
Adolescent and Young Adult Women Living in Rural Areas,
1997-2000 (Oct. 2008).
340 sierrA leone trutH & reConCiliAtion Comm’n,
supra note 45, vol. 2, ch. 4, 159.
341 World Health Organization, Declaration of Cooperation
in Mental Health of Refugees, Displaced and Other
Populations Affected by Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations
art. 2 (endorsed at the International Consultation on
Mental Health of Refugees and Displaced Populations
in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations, 23-25
October 2000, Geneva (2001)), http://www.xs4all.