Recognizing further that child, early and forced marriage undermines women's and girls' autonomy and decision-making in all aspects of their lives and continues to be an impediment to improvements in the education and the economic and social status of women and girls in all parts of the world and that the empowerment of and investment in women and girls is critical for economic growth, including the eradication of poverty, as well as the meaningful participation of girls in all decisions that affect them,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Child, early and forced marriage (2014), A/RES/69/156, PP 13.