Homelessness as a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent global response 2016, para. 42
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Once homeless, women's experiences are acute. They are exposed to high rates of violence, including rape. In its inquiry into the situation of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women recognized the link between Aboriginal women's poverty, homelessness and their disappearances and murder.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/54, para. 42.