Calls upon States to strengthen research on families and household formation and structure, with a particular emphasis on the existence of de facto child-headed households and the long-term economic and psychological impact that being a child head of household or a child raised by another child has on the children and on social sustainability;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Girls
Year
2013
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (2013), A/RES/68/146, OP 22.