A/HRC/32/44
Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against
women in law and in practice
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................
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II.
Activities .........................................................................................................................................
3
A.
Sessions ...................................................................................................................................
3
B.
Country visits ...........................................................................................................................
3
C.
Communications and press releases .........................................................................................
4
D.
Other activities .........................................................................................................................
4
Thematic analysis: eliminating discrimination against women with regard to health and safety .....
4
A.
Conceptual framework .............................................................................................................
4
B.
Meaning of equality in women’s health and safety .................................................................
6
C.
Discriminatory practices ..........................................................................................................
7
D.
Instrumentalization of women’s bodies ...................................................................................
12
E.
Autonomous, affordable and effective access to health care ...................................................
16
Conclusions and recommendations ..................................................................................................
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A.
General recommendations .......................................................................................................
19
B.
Equality and non-discrimination ..............................................................................................
19
C.
Instrumentalization of women’s bodies ...................................................................................
21
D.
Autonomous, affordable and effective access to health care ...................................................
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III.
IV.
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