Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 3

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Noting that, during a natural disaster, pregnant or lactating women and adolescent girls, who constitute an average of 18 to 20 per cent of the female population, are more vulnerable to disasters because of their limited physical mobility and their increased needs for food and water and for access to reproductive health care and safe birthing facilities,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Girls
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
CSW resolution, Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters (2014), PP 3.
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PP
Paragraph number
3