Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 6
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Reaffirming that female genital mutilation is a form of discrimination, an act of violence against women and girls and a harmful practice that constitutes a serious threat to their health, including their psychological, sexual and reproductive health, which can increase their vulnerability to HIV and may have adverse obstetric and prenatal outcomes as well as fatal consequences for the mother and the newborn, and that the abandonment of this harmful practice can be achieved as a result of a comprehensive movement that involves all public and private stakeholders in society, including girls and boys, women and men,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Harmful Practices
Health
Person(s) affected
Boys
Girls
Infants
Men
Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation (2014), A/HRC/RES/27/22, PP 6.