Deeply concerned about the serious social problem of child-headed households, in particular those headed by girls, and that the impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, including illness and mortality, the erosion of the extended family, the exacerbation of poverty, unemployment and underemployment and migration, as well as urbanization, have contributed to the increase in the number of child-headed households,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Environment
Health
Movement
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Children
Girls
Year
2013
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (2013), A/RES/68/146, PP 14.