The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 12
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Deeply concerned further that women and girls often face particular barriers in their access to water and sanitation, which are exacerbated in humanitarian crises, and that they shoulder the main burden of collecting household water in many parts of the world, which restricts their time for other activities, such as education and leisure for girls or earning a livelihood for women,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Humanitarian
Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2016), A/HRC/RES/33/10, PP 12.