Eliminating discrimination against women in cultural and family life, with a focus on the family as a cultural space 2015, para. 28

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Document type
  • Special Procedures' report
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All legal definitions of the family should include the right to equality, de jure and de facto, of women and girls within the family. Full equality between women and men, and girls and boys, is a requirement of international human rights law and constitutes a right of women that is vital for the well-being of the family and for society as a whole.

Document legal status
  • Non-negotiated soft law
Document body
  • Special Procedures: Working Group on discrimination against women and girls
Document means of adoption
  • N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Document year
  • 2015
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Other
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/40, para. 28.
Paragraph number
28