Annual Report of the WG on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice 2012, para. 33
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The Working Group will examine this issue from the normative perspective of the obligations of States to eliminate discrimination against women in economic and social life and to provide equal opportunity and ways and means for the empowerment of women in these areas in accordance with international human rights law. The conceptual context of the study is the recognition of women's right to substantive equality in access to economic and social resources, as a human right, essential to women's human dignity.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2012
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/20/28, para. 33.