Rio+20 – Conference on Sustainable Development: The future we want 2012, para. 238
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We resolve to unlock the potential of women as drivers of sustainable development, including through the repeal of discriminatory laws and the removal of formal barriers, ensuring equal access to justice and legal support, the reform of institutions to ensure competence and capacity for gender mainstreaming and the development and adoption of innovative and special approaches to address informal, harmful practices that act as barriers to gender equality. In this regard, we commit to creating an enabling environment for improving the situation of women and girls everywhere, particularly in rural areas and local communities and among indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Girls
Women
Year
2012
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Other
Reference
Rio+20 – Conference on Sustainable Development: The future we want (2012), A/RES/66/288, Annex, para. 238.