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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 35
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- Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 31
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- Urges developed countries that have not yet done so, in accordance with their commitments, to make concrete efforts towards meeting the target of 0.7 per cent of their gross national product for official development assistance to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of their gross national product for official development assistance to the least developed countries, and encourage developing countries to build on the progress achieved in ensuring that official development assistance is used effectively to help meet development goals and targets and, inter alia, to assist them in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 23
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- Calls upon States and encourages, as appropriate, relevant funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, international financial institutions, the private sector, non-governmental organizations and other civil society actors to take measures to develop, finance, implement, monitor and evaluate gender-responsive policies and programmes aimed at promoting women's entrepreneurship, in particular to benefit women living in poverty, including through greater access to formal financial instruments, microfinance, microcredit, cooperatives, technological innovation and transfer of technology, market intelligence, investments, knowledge and skills training, advisory services, access to markets, including through international trade, and facilitation of networking and exchanges;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 14
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- Recalling the importance that recovery measures should take into account the negative impact of the financial and economic crisis on women and men and integrate gender equality concerns in all response measures,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 5
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- Recalling the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 2
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- Also calls upon States to adopt and apply a systematic approach across all areas and at all levels in order to accelerate women's full participation in economic decision-making at all levels and ensure the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the implementation and evaluation of economic and development policies and social safety net and poverty eradication programmes, as well as to promote and reinforce capacity-building of States and other stakeholders in gender-responsive public management, including, but not limited to, gender budgeting;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 17
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- Calls upon States to ensure and strengthen women's access to social protection schemes and/or insurance schemes, throughout the life cycle, including health insurance and pension schemes, giving particular attention to women living in poverty;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 11
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- Recalling that in its agreed conclusions on financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women, adopted in 2008,and on eradicating poverty, including through the empowerment of women throughout their life cycle, in a globalizing world, adopted in 2002,the Commission on the Status of Women noted the growing body of evidence demonstrating that investing in women and girls has a multiplier effect on productivity, efficiency and sustained economic growth and that increasing women's economic empowerment is central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including to the eradication of poverty,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 19
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- Remaining concerned about the lingering negative consequences, including for women's economic empowerment, of some structural adjustment programmes, stemming from inappropriate design and application,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Human rights and land rights discrimination 1998, para. 6
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- Recognizing that land is a valuable resource, and that secure land rights are key rights for the economic empowerment of women,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers 1998, para. 2
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- Recalling also the outcome of major world conferences, specifically those pertaining to women migrant workers,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women in agriculture and rural development 1995, para. 13
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- Aware of the low self-esteem of rural women and their limited self-awareness concerning their possibilities and potentials and of the fact that there is poor communication on opportunities,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2000, para. 2
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- Also reaffirms the human rights of girls and women to equal access to education, skills training and employment opportunities as a means to reduce their vulnerability to HIV infection;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2000
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers 1996, para. 9
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- Noting with concern, however, the continuing reports of grave abuses and acts of violence committed against women migrant workers by some of their employers in some host countries,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1996
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers 1998, para. 5
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- Acknowledging the economic benefits that accrue to sending and receiving countries from the employment of women migrant workers,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1998
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 1999, para. 2
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- Also reaffirms the human rights of girls and women to have equal access to education, skills training and employment opportunities as a means to reduce their vulnerability to HIV infection;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 1999
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Integration of displaced rural women into development processes 1995, para. 2
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- Recalling also the Declaration of Principles and the Programme of Action of the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, See Report of the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, Rome, 12-20 July 1979 (WCARRD/REP), transmitted to the members of the General Assembly by a note of the Secretary-General (A/34/485). in which it was recommended that women should, on an equal footing with men, participate in and contribute to social, economic and political rural development processes and fully share in the benefits of improving living standards in rural areas,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers 1995, para. 13
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- Noting with concern, however, the continuing reports of grave abuses and acts of violence committed against women migrant workers by some of their employers in some host countries,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Women in extreme poverty 1993, para. 4
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- Calls upon Governments to adopt or strengthen measures to facilitate women's access to education, training, health, family planning, productive resources and income-generating employment and to ensure their full participation in the decision-making process;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1993
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Violence against women migrant workers 1994, para. 7
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- Noting the measures adopted by some receiving States to alleviate the plight of some women migrant workers residing within their areas of jurisdiction,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 1994
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Right to work 2017, para. 30
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- Acknowledges that the promotion of greater involvement by women in policymaking, law-making processes and workers' and employers' organizations is called for;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Right to work 2017, para. 17
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- Welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and emphasizes that there are targets therein to "by 2030, 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" (target 8.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals) and to "recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family, as nationally appropriate" (target 5.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals), strengthening the efforts towards gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and calls for the implementation of its relevant goals and targets;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Addressing the impact of multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence in the context of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on the full enjoyment of all human rights by women and girls 2016, para. 11
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- Mindful of the fact that the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls requires the consideration of their specific socioeconomic context, including their increased vulnerability to certain patterns of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and that the non-participation of all women and girls in decision-making contributes to the feminization of poverty and hampers sustainable development and economic growth,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 195a
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- [By Governments, national bodies, the private sector, political parties, trade unions, employers' organizations, subregional and regional bodies, non-governmental and international organizations and educational institutions:] Provide leadership and self-esteem training to assist women and girls, particularly those with special needs, women with disabilities and women belonging to racial and ethnic minorities to strengthen their self-esteem and to encourage them to take decision-making positions;
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- Fourth World Conference on Women
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 1995
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The right to work 2016, para. 25
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- Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare an analytical report, in consultation with States, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, particularly the International Labour Organization, and the treaty bodies, special procedures, civil society and other relevant stakeholders, on the relationship between the realization of the right to work and the enjoyment of all human rights by women, with a particular emphasis on the empowerment of women, in accordance with States’ respective obligations under international human rights law and the relevant major challenges and best practices in that regard, and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council prior to its thirty-fourth session;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage 2015, para. 17
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- Urges Governments, with the collaboration of relevant stakeholders, to tackle poverty and lack of economic opportunities for women and girls as drivers of child, early and forced marriage, including by ensuring women and girls inheritance and property rights, equal access to social protection, including direct financial support and microcredit for girls, families and guardians to encourage girls to continue their education; to develop livelihood opportunities and life skills education; and to promote women’s equal access to full and productive employment and decent work, as well as equal political participation and rights to inherit, own and control land and productive resources;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Violence against women as a barrier to women’s political and economic empowerment 2014, para. 6j
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- [Urges States to demonstrate their commitment to preventing and eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, thereby reducing barriers to women’s social, economic and political empowerment, including by:] Promoting equal access to literacy, education, health services, food security, vocational, professional and leadership skills training, mentorship and employment opportunities, which ensure that women have access to the skills that are necessary to ensure their full political and economic empowerment;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Violence against women as a barrier to women’s political and economic empowerment 2014, para. 6n
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- [Urges States to demonstrate their commitment to preventing and eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, thereby reducing barriers to women’s social, economic and political empowerment, including by:] Incorporating a gender perspective into social and economic policies, including development and poverty eradication strategies, with a view to ensuring that the formulation and implementation of relevant strategies contribute to women’s economic empowerment, thereby reducing their risk of violence;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Violence against women as a barrier to women’s political and economic empowerment 2014, para. 15
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- Recognizing further that child, early and forced marriage continues to be an impediment to not only the economic, legal, health and social status of women and girls but also to the development of the community as a whole, and that the empowerment of and investment in women and girls, as well as their meaningful participation in decisions that affect them, are a key factor in breaking the cycle of gender inequality and discrimination, violence and poverty and is critical for sustainable development and economic growth,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Violence against women as a barrier to women’s political and economic empowerment 2014, para. 22
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- Underscoring the positive role that intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, regional development banks, civil society, including non-governmental organizations, the private sector, employer organizations, trade unions, media and other relevant organizations can play in supporting State action to promote women’s economic empowerment and political participation, which can help to reduce violence against women and girls,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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