Stresses that women and girls should be empowered to protect themselves against violence and that, in this regard, women have the right to exercise control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including their sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Health
Violence
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2011
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
CSW resolution, Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS (2011), OP 19.