Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 5
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Noting that natural disasters can lead to widespread and prolonged displacement, which increases the vulnerability, in particular of women and girls, to gender-based violence and to negative coping strategies, creates barriers to their ability to access education, employment and health-care and other crucial services, and separates them from support networks,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Environment
Gender
Movement
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
CSW resolution, Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters (2014), PP 5.