Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 14
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Furthermore, girls and adolescent women induced by tradition or forced into child marriage and adolescent pregnancy, suffer the consequences of a high work burden and deprivation of their child rights, including their right to adequate nutrition and education. They are required to perform heavy amounts of domestic work, and are responsible for raising children while still children themselves. Adolescent pregnancy is a typical outcome of child marriage and complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the second cause of death for 15-19 year-old girls globally.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Food & Nutrition
Health
Person(s) affected
Adolescents
Children
Girls
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/51, para. 14.