The girl child 2009, para. 26

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Noting with concern that in some areas of the world men outnumber women as a result, in part, of harmful attitudes and practices, such as female genital mutilation, son preference, which results in female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, early marriage, including child marriage, violence against women, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and discrimination against girls in food allocation and in other practices related to health and well-being, resulting in fewer girls than boys surviving into adulthood,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Harmful Practices
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2009
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (2009), A/RES/64/145, PP 26.
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PP
Paragraph number
26