In the Americas, article 6 (b) of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (Convention of Belém do Pará) states that the right of women to be free from violence includes the right "to be valued and educated free of stereotyped patterns of behaviour and social and cultural practices based on concepts of inferiority or subordination".
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/162, para. 36.