Women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations 2013, para. 54
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Displaced women live in precarious conditions in conflict and post-conflict environments owing to their unequal access to education, income generation and skills training activities; poor reproductive health care; their exclusion from decision-making processes, which is exacerbated by male-dominated leadership structures; and poor layout and infrastructure, both in camp and non-camp settings. This situation of dire poverty and inequality can lead them to exchange sexual favours for money, shelter, food or other goods under circumstances that make them vulnerable to exploitation, violence and HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Women
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 30, Women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations (2013), para. 54.