Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls 1998, para. 3f
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[Calls upon all States:] To involve, among others, public opinion leaders, educators, religious leaders, chiefs, traditional leaders, medical practitioners, women's health and family planning organizations and the media in publicity campaigns, with a view to promoting a collective and individual awareness of the human rights of women and girls and of how harmful traditional or customary practices violate those rights;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Harmful Practices
Health
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
1998
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls (1998), A/RES/53/117, OP 3f.