Recognizing further men and boys as strategic partners and allies and that their meaningful engagement can contribute to transforming discriminatory social norms that perpetuate child, early and forced marriage, ending this practice and achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls,
Document legal status
Negotiated soft law
Document body
United Nations General Assembly
Document means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Harmful Practices
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Boys
Children
Girls
Men
Women
Document year
2016
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Child, early and forced marriage (2016), A/RES/71/175, PP 15.