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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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.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Person(s) affected
Boys
Families
Girls
Men
Women
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/40, para. 28.