Urges States to provide education and training on the rights of girls to families, community leaders and members of all professions relevant to the protection and empowerment of girls, such as all levels of health-care providers, social workers, police officers, legal and judicial personnel and prosecutors, in order to increase awareness and commitment to the promotion and protection of the rights of girls and appropriate responses to rights violations with regard to female genital mutilation;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Education
Equality & Inclusion
Harmful Practices
Health
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Families
Girls
Year
2007
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
CSW resolution, Ending female genital mutilation (2007), OP 7.