Rights of the child 2016, para. 57

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Notes with concern that child, early and forced marriage disproportionally affects girls, including migrant girls, who have received little or no formal education and is itself a significant obstacle to educational opportunities for girls and young women, in particular girls who are forced to drop out of school owing to marriage and/or childbirth, recognizing that educational opportunities are directly related to women's and girls' empowerment, employment and economic opportunities and to their active participation in economic, social and cultural development, governance and decision-making;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Education
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
  • Youth
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Rights of the child (2016), A/RES/71/177, OP 57.
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OP
Paragraph number
57