Calls upon States, with the support of international organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and the media, to take appropriate measures to address the root factors of child and forced marriages, including by undertaking educational activities to raise awareness regarding the negative aspects of such practices;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Education
Harmful Practices
Person(s) affected
Children
Girls
Year
2011
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (2011), A/RES/66/140, OP 17.