Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 11
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Expressing concern that each year approximately 15 million to 20 million women of childbearing age worldwide, including adolescent girls, suffer from often preventable maternal morbidity, disabilities, injuries and illnesses connected with pregnancy and childbirth, including as a result of early pregnancy, early childbearing and other high-risk conditions, such as uterine prolapse, obstetric fistulas, stress incontinence, hypertension, haemorrhoids, perineal tears, urinary tract infections and severe anaemia, and that, as a result of these conditions, women suffer serious physical, economic, psychological and social consequences that affect their well-being,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Gender
Health
Person(s) affected
Adolescents
Children
Girls
Women
Year
2012
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
CSW resolution, Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women (2012), PP 11.