Gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination 2000, para. 2

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Certain forms of racial discrimination may be directed towards women specifically because of their gender, such as sexual violence committed against women members of particular racial or ethnic groups in detention or during armed conflict; the coerced sterilization of indigenous women; abuse of women workers in the informal sector or domestic workers employed abroad by their employers. Racial discrimination may have consequences that affect primarily or only women, such as pregnancy resulting from racial bias motivated rape; in some societies women victims of such rape may also be ostracized. Women may also be further hindered by a lack of access to remedies and complaint mechanisms for racial discrimination because of gender related impediments, such as gender bias in the legal system and discrimination against women in private spheres of life.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Women
Year
2000
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CERD General Recommendation No. 25, Gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination (2000), para. 2.
Paragraph number
2