Health, morbidity, mortality and development 2010, para. 11

Paragraph
Document type
Resolution
Paragraph text
Emphasizes that advances in health depend, among other factors, on the promotion and protection of all human rights, the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women, and the elimination of gender-based discrimination, especially by ensuring equal opportunities for women and men in education, employment and access to social services, including health services; by instituting zero tolerance regarding violence against women and girls, including harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation or cutting; by preventing child and forced marriage; and by ensuring women's and men's access to the means to determine the number and spacing of their children;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on Population and Development
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2010
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
CPD resolution, Health, morbidity, mortality and development (2010), OP 11.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
11