Recognizing that child-headed households may result from the death of parents and/or legal guardians, and that children can become de facto heads of households owing to parental illness, whether physical or mental, parental neglect, the migration of parents or other such factors,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Girls
Year
2013
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (2013), A/RES/68/146, PP 15.