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Trafficking in women and girls (2015), para. 55
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- 21. Encourages the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Tourism Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote their global campaign urging travellers to support the fight against trafficking in persons, especially women and girls;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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The right to a nationality: women’s equal nationality rights in law and in practice (2016), para. 11
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- Noting the pledge made in the political declaration of the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women to take further concrete action to ensure the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, including through strengthened implementation of laws, policies, strategies and programme activities for all women and girls, and the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women at its sixtieth session, in which it further urged States to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls through the removal, where they exist, of discriminatory provisions in legal frameworks, including punitive provisions, and setting up legal, policy, administrative and other comprehensive measures, including temporary special measures as appropriate, to ensure women’s and girls’ equal and effective access to justice and accountability for violations of human rights of women and girls, 1
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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The girl child (2018), para. 06
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- Reaffirming all relevant outcomes of major United Nations summits and conferences relevant to the girl child, including the outcome document of the twenty - seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 7 the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 10 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 11 the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, 12 the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted at the twenty-sixth special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, entitled “Global Crisis – Global Action”, 13 and the political declarations on HIV and AIDS adopted by the high-level meetings of the General Assembly held in 2006, 14 2011 and 2016, and reiterating that their full and effective implementation is essential to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Literacy for life: shaping future agendas (2017), para. 20
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- 7. Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue its coordinating and catalysing role through the implementation of the recommendations of the Global Alliance for Literacy and by continuing to provide support to Member States, in collaboration with partners, in enhancing capacities for policy formulation, programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as well as sharing information and knowledge on policies, programmes and progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal targets connected with literacy, especially target 4.6 on youth and adult literacy, and creating synergies of action between the Alliance and other initiatives, including its Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education and Global Network of Learning Cities;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The girl child (2018), para. 56
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- 31. Calls upon Member States to devise, enforce and strengthen effective child- and youth-sensitive measures to combat, eliminate and prosecute all forms of trafficking in women and girls, including for sexual and economic exploitation, as part of a comprehensive anti-trafficking strategy within wider efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, including by taking effective measures against the criminalization of girls who are victims of exploitation and ensuring that girls who have been exploited receive access to the necessary psychosocial support, and in this regard urges Member States, the United Nations and other international, regional and subregional organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations, the private sector and the media, to fully and effectively implement the relevant provisions of the United Nations Global Plan of __________________ Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons 24 and the activities outlined therein, with full respect for the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; 25
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (2018), para. 76
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- 38. Stresses the importance of mobilizing greater domestic support towards the fulfilment of ODA commitments, including by raising public awareness, providing data on aid effectiveness and demonstrating tangible results, encourages partner countries to build on progress achieved in ensuring that ODA is used effectively to help to achieve development goals and targets, encourages the publication of forward-looking plans which increase the clarity, predictability and transparency of future development cooperation, in accordance with national budget allocation processes, and urges countries to track and report resource allocations for advancing gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Question of human rights in Afghanistan (2003), para. 44
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- 13. Urges the Transitional Authority to give high priority to the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 9 to end, without delay, all violations of the human rights of women and girls and to take urgent measures to ensure fully:
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (2019), para. 28
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- 7. Also urges Member States to adopt integrated and comprehensive responses to violence against women in order to reduce risks of gender-related killing through early intervention and risk assessment, exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate, prosecute and punish gender-related killing of women and girls, ensure equal protection of women under the law and equal access to justice, consider adopting an integrated, multidisciplinary and gender-sensitive approach to the prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of gender-related killing of women and girls to minimize the risk of secondary victimization in the criminal justice system, develop appropriate mechanisms and enhance capacities for forensic investigations to identify human remains and missing persons and, to these ends, strive to achieve all relevant Sustainable Development Goals, including Goals 5 and 16;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 44
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- (b) Ensuring the early, full, effective and meaningful participation of women and girls, including victims and survivors of violence, in the development and implementation of gender-responsive national policies, legislation, action plans, programmes, projects and strategies to eliminate violence against women and girls in the world of work, creating monitoring and accountability mechanisms to ensure implementation of gender-responsive policies and regulations, and analysing the gender impact of such policies in consultation and collaboration with women’s and civil society organizations and gender equality advocates;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2018), para. 05
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- Recalling also all relevant resolutions and agreed conclusions adopted by the Human Rights Council, the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Commission on the Status of Women and other United Nations agencies and bodies that consider the issue of discrimination against women and girls,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 38
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- 10. Calls upon Governments to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all women and girls, including those who have been subjected to child, early and forced marriage, to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters relating to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence, and to adopt and accelerate the implementation of laws, policies and programmes that protect and enable the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including reproductive rights, in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action, and the outcome documents of their review conferences;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (2013), para. 33
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- 24. Stresses the important contribution of national human rights institutions to the elimination of discrimination and violence against women and girls, as stipulated in the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-seventh session, 6 as well as the need to endow those institutions with the necessary human and sufficient financial resources to enable them to function effectively;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The girl child (2006), para. 19
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- 3. Urges all States to take all necessary measures and to institute legal reforms to ensure the full and equal enjoyment by the girl child of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and to take effective action against violations of those rights and freedoms;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2013), para. 74
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- 25. Calls upon all United Nations bodies, entities, funds and programmes and the specialized agencies and invites the Bretton Woods institutions to intensify their efforts at all levels to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls and to better coordinate their work with a view to increasing effective support for national efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Women in development (2020), para. 87
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- 57. Urges the donor community, Member States, international organizations, including the United Nations, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, trade unions and other stakeholders to strengthen the focus and impact of development assistance targeting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls through gender mainstreaming and the funding of targeted activities and enhanced dialogue between donors and partners, and also to strengthen the mechanisms needed to measure effectively the resources allocated to incorporating gender perspectives in all areas of development assistance;
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2017), para. 12
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- 9. We commit to intensify our efforts to prevent and address, with a view to eliminating, the demand that fosters trafficking, especially of women and girls, for all forms of exploitation, and in this regard to put in place or to enhance preventive measures, including legislative and punitive measures, to deter exploiters of trafficked persons, as well as ensure their accountability.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in digital contexts (2018), para. 43
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- (h) Enacting and enforcing the necessary legislative or other measures, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society organizations, to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls in digital contexts;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to food (2018), para. 42
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- 14. Stresses that the primary responsibility of States is to promote and protect the right to food, and that the international community should provide, through a coordinated response and upon request, international cooperation in support of national and regional efforts by providing the assistance necessary to increase food production and access to food, particularly through agricultural development assistance, the transfer of technology, food crop rehabilitation assistance and food aid, achieving food security, with special attention to the specific needs of women and girls, and promoting support for the development of adapted technologies, research on rural advisory services and support for access to financing services, and to ensure support for the establishment of secure land tenure systems;
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Trafficking in women and girls (2003), para. 10
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- Recognizing the need to address the impact of globalization on the problem of trafficking in women and children, in particular girls,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights (2012), para. 12
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- 6. Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to bring the technical guidance to the attention of the Secretary-General and all United Nations entities with mandates relevant to maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights, and to continue dialogue on the issue of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity with all relevant actors in order to accelerate the realization of the rights of women and girls and the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 5 by 2015;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2016), para. 28
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- 6. Reaffirms that States have an obligation to exercise due diligence to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls, provide protection to the victims and investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of violence against women and girls, and that failure to do so violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, calls upon Governments to elaborate and implement laws and strategies to eliminate violence against women and girls, encourages and supports men and boys to take an active part in the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence, encourages increased understanding among men and boys of how violence harms girls, boys, women and men and undermines gender equality, encourages all actors to speak out against any form of violence against women, and in this regard encourages Member States to continue to support the Secretary-General’s ongoing campaign “UNiTE to End Violence against Women” and the social mobilization and advocacy platform of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) “Say NO — UNiTE to End Violence against Women”, as well as the Entity’s “HeforShe” campaign;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights in the administration of justice (1998), para. 10
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- Aware of the need for special vigilance with regard to the vulnerable situation of children and juveniles, as well as women and girls in detention,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2009), para. 24
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- 10. Stresses also that States have the obligation to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls and must exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of violence against women and girls and to provide protection to the victims, and that failure to do so violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2019), para. 05
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- Recalling also all relevant resolutions and agreed conclusions adopted by the Human Rights Council, the General Assembly, the Security Council, in particular Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 on women, peace and security, the Commission on the Status of Women and other United Nations agencies and bodies that consider the issue of discrimination against women and girls,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Traffic in women and girls (2001), para. 33
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- 14. Further invites Governments to encourage Internet service providers to adopt or strengthen self-regulatory measures to promote the responsible use of the Internet with a view to eliminating trafficking in women and children, in particular girls;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas (2006), para. 31
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- 5. Stresses the need to identify the best practices for ensuring that rural women have access to and full participation in the area of information and communication technologies, and invites the World Summit on the Information Society, at its second phase in Tunis, to take into consideration, while addressing gender issues, the priorities and needs of rural women and girls as active users of information and ensure their participation in developing and implementing global information and communication technology strategies;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Trafficking in women and girls (2013), para. 60
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- 29. Invites Governments to take steps to ensure that criminal justice procedures and witness protection programmes are sensitive to the particular situation of trafficked women and girls and that they are supported and assisted, as appropriate, in making complaints to the police or other authorities without fear and being available when required by the criminal justice system, and to ensure that during this time they have access to gender- and age-sensitive protection and, as appropriate, social, medical, financial and legal assistance, including the possibility of obtaining compensation for damages suffered;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in digital contexts (2018), para. 44
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- (i) Mainstreaming a gender perspective into their criminal justice systems and into efforts to prevent and combat crime, including digital technology-mediated and transnational organized crime, including by developing and implementing national criminal justice legislation, policies and programmes that take into account the important role and specific needs of women and girls and by promoting gender-specific measures in crime prevention and protection policies;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights and indigenous peoples (2016), para. 17
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- 6. Reaffirms its decision to continue its consideration of the issue of the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, including violence against indigenous women and girls, as a matter of high priority, in conformity with its annual programme of work;
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015), para. 93
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- 27. Calls upon all United Nations bodies, entities, funds and programmes and the specialized agencies, and invites the Bretton Woods institutions, to intensify their efforts at all levels to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls and to better coordinate their work with a view to increasing effective support for national efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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