United Nations
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
CEDAW/C/GC/37
Distr.: General
13 March 2018
Original: English
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women
General recommendation No. 37 (2018) on the gender-related
dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of
climate change
Contents
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Objective and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other
relevant international frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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General principles of the Convention applicable to disaster risk reduction and climate change . . .
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A.
Substantive equality and non-discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B.
Participation and empowerment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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C.
Accountability and access to justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Specific principles of the Convention relevant to disaster risk reduction and climate change . . . . .
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Assessment and data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Policy coherence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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C.
Extraterritorial obligations, international cooperation and resource allocation . . . . . . . . .
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D.
Non-State actors and extraterritorial obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Capacity development and access to technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Specific areas of concern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Right to live free from gender-based violence against women and girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B.
Rights to education and to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Rights to work and to social protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Right to health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Right to an adequate standard of living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Right to freedom of movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dissemination and reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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