Harmful practices (joint General Recommendation with CRC) 2014, para. 65
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Women and girls are enabled to build their economic assets through training in livelihood and entrepreneurship skills and benefit from programmes that offer an economic incentive to postpone marriage until 18 years of age, such as scholarships, microcredit programmes or savings schemes (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, arts. 11 and 13; Convention on the Rights of the Child, art. 28). Complementary awareness-raising programmes are essential to communicating the right of women to work outside the home and challenging taboos about women and work.
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2014
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Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 31, Harmful practices (joint General Recommendation with CRC) (2014), para. 65.