Rio+20 – Conference on Sustainable Development: The future we want 2012, para. 240
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We are committed to equal rights and opportunities for women in political and economic decision-making and resource allocation and to removing any barriers that prevent women from being full participants in the economy. We resolve to undertake legislative and administrative reforms to give women equal rights with men to economic resources, including access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, credit, inheritance, natural resources and appropriate new technology.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Environment
Gender
Person(s) affected
Men
Women
Year
2012
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Other
Reference
Rio+20 – Conference on Sustainable Development: The future we want (2012), A/RES/66/288, Annex, para. 240.