The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 5e

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[Calls upon States:] To promote both women's leadership and their full, effective and equal participation in decision-making on water and sanitation management and to ensure that a gender-based approach is adopted in relation to water and sanitation programmes, including measures, inter alia, to reduce the time spent by women and girls in collecting household water, in order to address the negative impact of inadequate water and sanitation services on the access of girls to education and to protect women and girls from being physically threatened or assaulted, including from sexual violence, while collecting household water and when accessing sanitation facilities outside of their home or practising open defecation;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2015
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2015), A/RES/70/169, OP 5e.
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OP
Paragraph number
5e