Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond 2017, para. 6
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Further encourages Member States to provide universal and gender-sensitive social protection systems, which are key to ensuring poverty reduction, including, as appropriate, targeted cash transfers for families in vulnerable situations, such as when headed by a single parent, in particular those headed by women, and which are most effective in reducing poverty when accompanied by other measures, such as providing access to basic services, high-quality education and health services;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Poverty
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Families
Women
Year
2017
Reference
UNGA resolution, Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2017), A/RES/72/145, OP 6.