Annual Report of the WG on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice 2012, para. 21
Paragraph- Original document
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Paragraph text
In view of the broad thematic scope of its mandate, covering discrimination against women in law and in practice, the Working Group has identified four thematic areas of focus, namely, political and public life; economic and social life; family and cultural life; and health and safety. The Working Group regards violence against women and the intersection of various grounds of discrimination as cross-cutting in all of its work. It is paying particular attention to specific groups of women, including but not limited to women living in poverty, migrant women, women with disabilities, women belonging to minorities, rural and indigenous women, older women, girls, including adolescents, women in conflict and post-conflict situations, refugee women, internally displaced women and stateless women.
- Document legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Document body
- Special Procedures: Working Group on discrimination against women and girls
- Document means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Document year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/20/28, para. 21.
- Paragraph number
- 21