Reaffirming that women are key contributors to the economy and to combating poverty through both remunerated and unremunerated work at home, in the community and in the workplace and that the empowerment of women is a critical factor in the eradication of poverty,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
1999
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Women in development (1999), A/RES/54/210, PP 6.