Poverty and unemployment force many women, including young girls, into prostitution. Prostitutes are especially vulnerable to violence because their status, which may be unlawful, tends to marginalize them. They need the equal protection of laws against rape and other forms of violence.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Poverty
Violence
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Youth
Year
1992
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 19, Violence against women (1992), para. 15.