Elimination of discrimination against women 2014, para. 17
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Urges Governments to recognize the important role the media can play in the elimination of gender stereotypes and, to the extent consistent with freedom of expression, increase women’s participation in and access to all forms of media, and to encourage the media to increase public awareness of the Beijing Platform for Action, the Millennium Development Goals, gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Elimination of discrimination against women (2014), A/HRC/RES/26/5, OP 17.