Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2014, para. 8
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Reaffirming that female genital mutilations are a harmful practice, constituting a serious threat to the health of women and girls, including their psychological, sexual and reproductive health, increasing their vulnerability to HIV and possibly having adverse obstetric and prenatal outcomes, as well as fatal consequences for the mother and the newborn, and that the abandonment of this harmful practice can be achieved as a result of a comprehensive movement that involves all public and private stakeholders in society, including girls and boys, women and men,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Harmful Practices
Health
Person(s) affected
Boys
Girls
Men
Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2014), A/RES/69/150, PP 8.