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Policies and programmes involving youth (2010), para. 27
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- (c) Promoting, where appropriate, the physical and legal separation of juvenile from adult judicial and penal systems;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus (2019), para. 04
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- Recognizing the need to encourage the full involvement of both women and men in ammunition management practice and policy,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence (2017), para. 28
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- Stressing the need to fully engage men and boys as agents and beneficiaries of change in the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, as well as allies in the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (2016), para. 15
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- 6. We express concern, however, that there are still significant digital divides, such as between and within countries and between women and men, which need to be addressed through, among other actions, strengthened enabling policy environments and international cooperation to improve affordability, access, education, capacity-building, multilingualism, cultural preservation, investment and appropriate financing. Further, we acknowledge that a gender divide exists as part of the digital divides, and encourage all stakeholders to ensure the full participation of women in the information society and women’s access to new technologies, especially information and communications technologies for development.
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2008), para. 25
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- (h) To educate individual women and men, girls and boys, communities, policymakers and health professionals about how obstetric fistula can be prevented and treated and increase awareness of the needs of pregnant women and girls, including their right to the highest attainable standard of health, through working with community and religious leaders, traditional birth attendants, media, radio stations, influential public figures and policymakers, support the training of doctors, nurses and other health workers in lifesaving obstetric care, and include training on fistula repair, treatment and care as a standard element of health professionals’ training curricula;
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat (1999), para. 02
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- Recalling Articles 1 and 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, as well as Article 8, which provides that the United Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs,
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms (1994), para. 02
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- Recalling that in the Charter of the United Nations the peoples of the United Nations declared their determination to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Freedom of religion or belief (2014), para. 38
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- (d) To end violations of the human rights of women and to devote particular attention to appropriate measures modifying or abolishing existing laws, regulations, customs and practices that discriminate against women, including in the exercise of their right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief, and to foster practical ways to ensure equality between men and women;
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (2018), para. 19
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- Recognizing the importance of full involvement and equal opportunities for the meaningful participation of women and men in disarmament processes, policy and programming decisions related to the Convention,
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system (2003), para. 02
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- Recalling Articles 1 and 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, as well as Article 8, which provides that the United Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs,
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Burundi (2019), para. 25
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- 6. Expresses particular concern at accounts of sexual violence, including rape and gang rape of women and girls for purposes such as intimidation or punishment, associated with perceived political affiliation, as well as sexual violence against men, including genital torture;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (2019), para. 175
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- (e) Apply measures that address the particular vulnerabilities of women, men, girls and boys, regardless of their migration status, who have become or are at risk of becoming victims of trafficking in persons and other forms of exploitation, by facilitating access to justice and safe reporting without fear of detention, deportation or penalty, focusing on prevention, identification, appropriate protection and assistance, and addressing specific forms of abuse and exploitation;
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2017), para. 25
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- 6. Further calls upon States to ensure the right to education of good quality for women and girls, on an equal basis with men and boys, and to ensure that they complete a full course of primary education, and to renew their efforts to improve and expand girls’ and women’s education at all levels, including at the secondary and higher levels, including age-appropriate sex education, as well as vocational education and technical training, in order to, inter alia, achieve gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls and poverty eradication;
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2014), para. 085
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- 57. Further welcomes the significant progress made by the Government of Afghanistan towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, in particular the considerable progress in enabling boys and girls to enrol in school and in enabling women and men to access basic health services, and acknowledges that quality improvements across basic service delivery will require attention and adequate national budget allocations;
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The Arms Trade Treaty (2018), para. 23
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- 11. Encourages States parties and signatory States to ensure the full and equal participation of women and men in pursuing the object and purpose of th e Treaty and its implementation;
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Equal pay (2019), para. 10
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- Recognizing that progress on the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls 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, negative social norms, attitudes, harmful practices and gender stereotypes,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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International Equal Pay Day (2020), para. 04
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- Recalling also the commitment to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value, contained in the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular target 8.5,
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Elimination of discrimination against women (2014), para. 10
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- Bearing in mind the challenges still faced by all countries throughout the world to overcome inequality between men and women, and the need to intensify efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls throughout the world,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 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 (2005), para. 21
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- 11. Emphasizes also the importance of men and boys taking joint responsibility with women and girls in the promotion of gender equality, taking into account the agreed conclusions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-eighth session on 12 March 2004; 6
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas (2002), para. 17
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- (b) Designing and revising laws to ensure that, where private ownership of land and property exists, rural women are accorded full and equal rights to own land and other property, including through the right to inheritance, and undertaking administrative reforms and other necessary measures to give women the same right as men to credit, capital, appropriate technologies and access to markets and information;
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls (2017), para. 11
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- Recognizing that violence against women and girls is rooted in historical and structural inequality in power relations between women and men, which further reinforce gender stereotypes and barriers to women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of their human rights, and that all forms of violence against women and girls constitute a major impediment to their full, equal and effective participation in society, the economy and political and individual decision-making, as well as in leadership roles, hindering them from the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms on the basis of equality with men,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls (2017), para. 46
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- (d) Taking practical and concrete steps, in law and in practice, to create a safe and enabling environment where women and girls can easily report incidents of violence and receive post-gender-based violence care, including by providing men and women, particularly law enforcement officials, health-care providers and other first responders, with human rights training to ensure services that are women-centred, responsive to trauma and free from discrimination or stigmatization, and that prevent re-victimization;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 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 (2010), para. 31
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- 13. Reaffirms that States have an obligation to exercise due diligence to prevent 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 in taking 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 violence against women, and in this regard welcomes the Secretary-General’s campaign “UNiTE to End Violence against Women” and the United Nations Development Fund for Women social mobilization and advocacy platform “Say NO to violence against women”;
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000), para. 09
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- •. Equality. No individual and no nation must be denied the opportunity to benefit from development. The equal rights and opportunities of women and men must be assured.
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Women in development (2008), para. 13
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- Recognizing that poverty eradication and the achievement and preservation of peace are mutually reinforcing, and recognizing also that peace is inextricably linked to equality between women and men and to development,
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Women, disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control (2013), para. 05
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- Recognizing that the equal, full and effective participation of both women and men is one of the essential factors for the promotion and attainment of sustainable peace and security,
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (2002), para. 42
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- 19. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system to ensure the effective and equitable representation of African men and women at senior and policy levels at their respective headquarters and in their regional fields of operation;
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2019), para. 11
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- Recognizing that female genital mutilation is inherently linked to deep -rooted harmful stereotypes, negative social norms, perceptions and customs on the part of both women and men that threaten the physical and psychological integrity of women and girls, and that are obstacles to their full enjoyment of human rights, and acknowledging in this regard that awareness-raising is critical,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2005), para. 14
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- 13. Decides to add the following as additional priority areas for the implementation of the World Programme of Action: the mixed impact of globalization on young women and men; the use of and access to information and communication technologies; the dramatic increase in the incidence of HIV infection among young people and the impact of the epidemic on their lives; the active involvement of young people in armed conflict, both as victims and as perpetrators; and the increased importance of addressing intergenerational issues in an ageing society;
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2007), para. 34
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- (n) To promote awareness and information campaigns on women’s rights and the responsibility to respect them, including in rural areas, and encourage men and boys to speak out strongly against violence against women;
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Men
- Women
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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