Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas 2017, para. 8
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Recognizing also that progress on the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, in particular in rural areas, has been held back owing to the persistence of historical and structural unequal power relations between women and men, poverty and inequalities and disadvantages in access to resources and opportunities that limit women’s and girls’ capabilities, and growing gaps in equality of opportunity, discriminatory laws, policies, social norms, attitudes, harmful customary and contemporary practices and gender stereotypes,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Girls
Men
Women
Year
2017
Reference
UNGA resolution, Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (2017), A/RES/72/148, PP 8.