Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls 1998, para. 3d
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[Calls upon all States:] To intensify efforts to raise awareness of and to mobilize international and national public opinion concerning the harmful effects of traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls, including female genital mutilation, in particular through education, the dissemination of information, training, the media and local community meetings, in order to achieve the total elimination of these practices;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Education
Harmful Practices
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
1998
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls (1998), A/RES/53/117, OP 3d.