Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls 2014, para. 42d
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[The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions:] [Realizing women's and girls' full enjoyment of all human rights]: Implement concrete and long-term measures to transform discriminatory social norms and gender stereotypes, including those that limit women's roles to being mothers and caregivers, and eliminate harmful practices including, inter alia, female genital mutilation and honour crimes, in order to achieve gender equality and women's and girls' empowerment and the full realization of the human rights of women and girls;
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Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Harmful Practices
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2014
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Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (2014), para. 42d.