Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 25
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Notes with concern the high rate of maternal mortality in armed conflict, in post-conflict countries and in natural disaster situations, where girls and women are at particular risk of gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, which places them at risk of serious infections, such as HIV/AIDS, and of pregnancy that may result in miscarriage and other health problems which, in the absence of health care, can be life-threatening;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Gender
Health
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2012
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
CSW resolution, Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women (2012), OP 25.