Calls upon States to strengthen the level of education for women and girls and the capacity of health-care systems to meet their needs in line with the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, as this is critical for empowering them and their communities to end female genital mutilation;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Education
Gender
Harmful Practices
Health
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2010
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
CSW resolution, Ending female genital mutilation (2010), OP 5.