Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 103
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61 (h). Commit to ending all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls, such as gender-based, sexual, domestic and intimate partner violence, by, inter alia, eliminating sexual exploitation of women, girls and boys, trafficking in persons, femicide, abuse, rape in every and in all circumstances and other forms of sexual violence, discriminatory laws and harmful social norms that perpetuate the unequal status of women and girls, as well as harmful practices such as child, early and forced marriage, forced pregnancy, forced sterilization, in particular of women living with HIV, forced and coerced abortion and female genital mutilation, including in conflict, post-conflict and other humanitarian emergencies, as these can have serious and long-lasting impacts on the health and well-being of women and girls throughout the life cycle and increase their vulnerability to HIV;