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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 3
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- Recalling the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which addresses their individual and collective rights,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 14
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- Emphasizing that indigenous women should exercise their rights free from discrimination of any kind,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Economic advancement for women 2005, para. 6
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- Noting the report of the Commission on the Private Sector and Development entitled Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work for the Poor,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2005
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Economic advancement for women 2005, para. 9
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- Emphasizing that the empowerment of women is a critical factor in the eradication of poverty and that the implementation of special measures aimed at empowering women can help to achieve this,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2005
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Women in development 1993, para. 10
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- Expressing special concern about women living in extreme poverty, in rural as well as in urban areas,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1993
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Women in development 1994, para. 11
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- Expressing special concern about women living in extreme poverty in rural as well as in urban areas,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1994
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Economic advancement for women 2005, para. 18
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- Recognizing that the difficult socio-economic conditions that exist in many developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, are linked to the feminization of poverty,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2005
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1e
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- [Urges States to:] Formulate and implement, in consultation and collaboration with indigenous women and their organizations, policies and programmes designed to promote capacity-building processes and strengthen their leadership, and take measures to ensure full and effective participation of indigenous women in decision-making processes at all levels and in all areas, and eliminate barriers for their participation in political, economic, social and cultural life;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 4
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- Reaffirming also the need to eradicate poverty, which can contribute to the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV infection and aggravate the impact of the epidemic by depleting resources and incomes, thereby contributing to inadequate food and nutrition, which leads to poor treatment outcomes, and to impoverishment owing to loss of income and increased health expenditures, and endangers the survival of present and future generations,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1k
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- [Urges States to:] Collect and disseminate disaggregated data on indigenous women, including those living in rural areas, in order to monitor and improve the impact of development policies and programmes for their well-being;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 2
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- Reaffirming also that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol thereto, as well as other relevant international human rights instruments, provide a framework for the promotion and protection of the human rights of indigenous women,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 5
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- Recalling its resolution 49/7, entitled “Indigenous women: beyond the ten-year review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action”, which calls upon Governments, intergovernmental agencies, the private sector and civil society to take measures that ensure the full and effective participation of indigenous women in all aspects of society,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1b
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- [Urges States to:] Support the economic activities of indigenous women, in consultation with them and taking into account their traditional knowledge, so as to improve their situation and development, in particular by enhancing their equal access to productive resources and agricultural inputs, such as land, seeds, financial services, technology, transportation and information;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Gender
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1h
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- [Urges States to:] Comply with and effectively implement all their human rights obligations so as to ensure the full realization and equal enjoyment of the rights of indigenous women;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1i
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- [Urges States to:] Take concrete measures to provide equal access to justice for indigenous women at all levels, and ensure that indigenous women have equal rights to own land and other property;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Economic advancement for women 2005, para. 4
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- Recalling further General Assembly resolutions 58/142 of 22 December 2003 on women and political participation, 58/206 of 23 December 2003 on women in development and 59/246 of 22 December 2004 on the role of microcredit and microfinance in the eradication of poverty,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2005
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 11
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- Concerned about the extreme disadvantages that indigenous peoples, in particular indigenous women, have typically faced across a range of social and economic indicators and the impediments to their full enjoyment of their rights,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1a
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- [Urges States to:] Take particular measures to promote and strengthen policies and programmes for indigenous women with their full participation and respect for their cultural diversity, so that they have the opportunities and the possibility of choice in the development process needed to eradicate the poverty that affects them;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Economic advancement for women 2005, para. 5
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- Recalling its agreed conclusions on eradicating poverty, including through the empowerment of women throughout their life cycle, in a globalizing world, and its agreed conclusions on the participation and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2005
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Economic advancement for women 2005, para. 8
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- Noting further that hundreds of millions of women and girls, worldwide, live in poverty and that the majority live in rural areas where their livelihoods are dependent on subsistence and small-holder agriculture and employment in the informal sector, including forest and common property resources,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2005
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Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women 2012, para. 24
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- Urges Member States to elaborate and implement comprehensive gender-sensitive poverty eradication strategies that address social, structural and macroeconomic issues in order to eliminate preventable maternal mortality and morbidity;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 8
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- Recognizing that a significant number of smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs in developing regions are women, including indigenous women, and that they play a vital role in agricultural and rural development, including by enhancing food security and nutrition for their communities and families,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 9
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- Recognizing also that the involvement, perspectives and traditional knowledge of indigenous women make an important contribution to sustainable development and the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources, such as land, forests, water, seeds and coastal seas,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 7
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- Stressing the importance of recognizing the distinct and crucial contribution of indigenous women, their knowledge and their vital roles in diverse local economies to poverty eradication, food security and sustainable development,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1g
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- Respect, preserve and promote, where appropriate, the traditional knowledge of indigenous women with respect to medicine, including the conservation of their vital medicinal plants, animals and minerals;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Health
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 12
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- Concerned also that the adverse impacts of climate change on women and girls, including indigenous women, can be exacerbated by gender inequality, discrimination and poverty,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1d
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- [Urges States to:] Provide support, investment and technical assistance for the training of indigenous women, and support women's organizations and cooperatives, which contribute to promoting mutual support and leadership;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1f
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- [Urges States to:] Take concrete measures to provide and enhance equal access and enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health for indigenous women, including sexual and reproductive health, and access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation, and safe cooking and heating;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 1j
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- [Urges States to:] Recognize that poverty and discrimination increase the conditions that generate violence against women, and take actions at the national, local and community levels to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against indigenous women;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication 2012, para. 2
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- Encourages States to support the participation of indigenous women in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also called Rio+20, and in the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly that is to be called the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to be held in 2014;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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