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Elimination of violence against women 2008, para. 9
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- Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of his/her mandated tasks and duties, to supply all information requested, including with regard to implementation of the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur, and to give serious consideration to responding favourably to his/her requests for visits and communications;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2008
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Forced marriage of the girl child 2007, para. 1h
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- [Urges States:] (h) To promote policies and measures aimed at the economic empowerment of young women, especially those living in rural and remote areas, inter alia, by increasing their access to economic resources, enhancing the employability of young women, developing their skills and broadening their access to career choices, as well as by facilitating better reconciliation of work and family life;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2007
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Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 39
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- In countries with economies in transition, women are bearing most of the hardships induced by the economic restructuring and are the first to lose jobs in times of recession. They are being squeezed out from fast-growth sectors. Loss of childcare facilities due to elimination or privatization of State work places, increased need for older care without the corresponding facilities and continuing inequality of access to training for finding re-employment and to productive assets for entering or expanding businesses are current challenges facing women in these countries.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Women
- Year
- 2000
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Policies and programmes involving youth 2011, para. 11
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- Also stresses that young people are particularly vulnerable in the labour market in times of crisis, and, in order to meet the needs of youth in a rapidly changing labour market, recognizes that promoting full employment, decent work and entrepreneurship requires investing in education, training and skills development for young women and men, strengthening social protection and health systems, applying internationally agreed labour standards, paying special attention to young people employed in the informal economy and the progressive and effective elimination of child labour;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
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Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2014, para. 13
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- Recognizing that persons without nationality or birth registration are particularly vulnerable to trafficking,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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