[Actions to be taken by Governments and civil society, including non-governmental organizations:] Raise awareness and mobilize public opinion to eliminate female genital mutilation and other harmful traditional, cultural or customary practices that violate the human rights of women and girls and negatively affect their health;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Harmful Practices
Health
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
1998
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, Violence against women (1998), F.