Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 7

Paragraph
Document type
Resolution
Paragraph text
Stresses that States should eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child and the root causes of son preference, which results in harmful and unethical practices regarding female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, increase public awareness of the value of the girl child, and concurrently, strengthen the girl child's self-image, self-esteem and status, and improve the welfare of the girl child, especially in regard to health, nutrition and education, and urges Governments to take the necessary measures to prevent infanticide, prenatal sex selection, trafficking in girl children and the use of girls in prostitution and pornography;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on Population and Development
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Harmful Practices
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2011
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
CPD resolution, Fertility, reproductive health and development (2011), OP 7.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
7