Rural women are at risk of gender-based violence because of traditional attitudes regarding the subordinate role of women that persist in many rural communities. Girls from rural communities are at special risk of violence and sexual exploitation when they leave the rural community to seek employment in towns.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Violence
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
1992
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 19, Violence against women (1992), para. 21.