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Eliminating discrimination against women in economic and social life with a focus on economic crisis 2014, para. 93 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reducing care work may, especially in developing countries and rural areas, be achieved by improving the basic infrastructure, including water, sanitation and transportation. | Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice | Special Procedures' report |
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Eliminating discrimination against women in economic and social life with a focus on economic crisis 2014, para. 77 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Secure rights over resources, including property, land, housing, food, water and sanitation, are essential to women's equality and well-being, and to their economic independence and autonomy. | Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice | Special Procedures' report |
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Compendium of good practices in the elimination of discrimination against women 2017, para. 36 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Research overwhelmingly indicated that the presence of women in rural governance has had positive impacts on key gendered concerns, including the improvement of health services, water and sanitation facilities, and microcredit schemes for women. Issues related to discrimination and violence against women were also being addressed by women representatives. Additional research showed significant impacts on attitudinal changes and in the elimination of gender stereotypes, demonstrated in shifts in the organization of labour in households, women’s self-perception and increased societal support for girls’ education and future aspirations. These correlations increased in villages where women chairs had been elected a second time. | Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice | Special Procedures' report |
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Eliminating discrimination against women in the area of health and safety, with a focus on the instrumentalization of women's bodies 2016, para. 68 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Menstruation is surrounded by stigma, resulting in the ostracism of and discrimination against women and girls. In some cultures menstruating women and girls are considered to be contaminated and impure and restrictions and interdictions during menstruation are imposed on them. Women and girls may continue to harbour internalized stigma and are embarrassed to discuss menstruation even where there are no restrictions. They live with a lack of privacy for cleaning and washing, a fear of staining and smelling and a lack of hygiene in school toilets or separate sanitation facilities. | Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice | Special Procedures' report |
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Eliminating discrimination against women in the area of health and safety, with a focus on the instrumentalization of women's bodies 2016, para. 67 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stigma is a deeply entrenched social and cultural phenomenon which lies at the root of many human rights violations and results in entire population groups being disadvantaged and excluded, as the Special Rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation has noted (A/HRC/30/39). Women are exposed to harmful gender stereotypes or taboos regarding natural and biological functions such as menstruation, breastfeeding and menopause. Diagnosis of mental illnesses in women is biased so as to stigmatize them and has been used as a justification for institutionalizing women unnecessarily against their will. | Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice | Special Procedures' report |
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Eliminating discrimination against women in economic and social life with a focus on economic crisis 2014, para. 79 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Furthermore, failure to provide access to housing, food and water has disproportionately burdened women as vulnerable members of communities, as childbearers and as primary carers. These issues have been gender-mainstreamed in reports by, for example, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context; the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights; the Special Rapporteur on the right to food; the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation; and Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights. | Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice | Special Procedures' report |
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Eliminating discrimination against women in economic and social life with a focus on economic crisis 2014, para. 36 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Most countries only track enrolment and not completion rates, yet enrolment is an inherently flawed measure of girls' access to education. Attendance is a better measure, as girls' attendance may be cut short due to domestic responsibilities such as cooking, fetching water and firewood, and childcare; lack of adequate sanitation in schools to meet the needs of menstruating girls; early marriage or pregnancy; and gender-based violence and harassment, including in schools. In situations of economic contraction, as households cope with declining household income, girls are more vulnerable to being pulled out of school, with girls experiencing a 29 per cent decrease in primary school completion rates versus 22 per cent for boys. | Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice | Special Procedures' report |
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