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Taking action against gender-related killing of women and girls (2016), para. 17 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Remaining alarmed by the high level of impunity with regard to gender-related killing of women and girls and the fact that violence against women and girls is among the least prosecuted and punished crimes in the world, |
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Trafficking in women and girls (2013), para. 66 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 35. Invites Governments, with the support of the United Nations, when necessary, and other intergovernmental organizations, taking into account best practices, to formulate training manuals and other informational materials and provide training for law enforcement, judicial and other relevant officers, and medical and support personnel, with a view to sensitizing them to the special needs of women and girl victims; |
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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 105 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 44. Youth are often among the main victims of armed conflict. Children and youth are killed or maimed, made orphans, abducted, taken hostage, forcibly displaced, deprived of education and health care and left with deep emotional scars and trauma. Children illegally recruited as child soldiers are often forced to commit serious abuses. Armed conflict destroys the safe environment provided by a house, a family, adequate nutrition, education and employment. During conflict, health risks increase among youth, especially young women. Young women and girls face additional risks, in particular those of sexual violence and exploitation. |
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2019), para. 40 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 10. Stresses the importance of mainstreaming a gender and age perspective into justice systems at all levels to ensure equal protection of the law for women and girls, taking into consideration, inter alia, the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) and the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; |
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019), para. 29 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 8. Urges the international community to provide and enhance the necessary resources and capacity-building, upon the request of Member States, in order to treat fistula cases through surgery, leading to the reintegration of affected women and girls into their communities, with appropriate psychosocial, medical and economic support to restore their well-being and dignity; |
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Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (2019), para. 20 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 11. Encourages Member States to consider including in their national delegations heads of national mechanisms for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, as appropriate, as well as representatives such as parliamentarians, representatives of civil society and other relevant stakeholders; |
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2018), para. 12 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 4. Encourages Member States to promote work-family balance as conducive to the well-being of children, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, inter alia, through flexible working and leave arrangements, parental leave, affordable, accessible and good quality childcare and initiatives to promote the equal sharing of household responsibilities, including unpaid care work, between men and women; |
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in digital contexts (2018), para. 51 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (f) Ensuring that all actors involved in or attempting to commit violence against women and girls are held accountable and brought to justice, taking into account the multi- jurisdictional and transnational nature of violence against women and girls in digital contexts; |
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Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons (2016), para. 31 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Welcoming the efforts of Member States, United Nations agencies, international organizations, civil society organizations and the private sector to address the problem of trafficking in persons, including women and girls as the most vulnerable group, and encouraging them to further enhance their efforts and cooperation, including by sharing their knowledge and best practices as widely as possible, |
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015), para. 37 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 1. Stresses that “violence against women” means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women and girls, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life, and also notes the economic and social harm caused by such violence; |
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Science, technology and innovation for development (2018), para. 14 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing that realizing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will make a crucial contribution to progress across all of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, and recognizing also that there is a need to target __________________ science, technology and innovation strategies to address women ’s empowerment and inequalities, including the gender digital divide, |
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Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights in humanitarian settings (2018), para. 45 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 15. Calls upon States to ensure a more holistic and coordinated approach to the humanitarian-development nexus that places the individual woman and girl at the centre of humanitarian preparedness and response, and recognizes the need to overcome siloed approaches and fragmented programming; |
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The fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and thecomprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2003), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Convinced that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance reveal themselves in a differentiated manner for women and girls and may be among the factors leading to a deterioration in their living conditions, poverty, violence, multiple forms of discrimination and the limitation or denial of their human rights, and recognizing the need to integrate a gender perspective into relevant policies, strategies and programmes of action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in order to address multiple forms of discrimination, |
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 42 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 10. Calls upon States to take immediate and effective action to prevent all forms of violence against women and girls by: |
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The right to development (2018), para. 72 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 34. Stresses the need for the integration of the rights of children, girls and boys alike, in all policies and programmes and for ensuring the promotion and protection of those rights, especially in areas relating to health, education and the full development of their capacities; |
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Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (2018), para. 29 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (l) Fully engaging men and boys, including community leaders, as strategic partners and allies in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against them, including by working to counteract attitudes by which women and girls are regarded as subordinate to men and boys; |
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 025 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 10. Expresses its concern that children with disabilities, particularly girls, are often at greater risk, both within and outside the home, of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment and maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse; |
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Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (2019), para. 07 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing the impact of cluster munitions on women, men, girls and boys and the importance of relevant States providing adequate, gender- and age-sensitive assistance to victims of cluster munitions, |
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Entrepreneurship for sustainable development (2019), para. 48 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 20. Encourages all relevant stakeholders to further develop financial literacy and financial education programmes that include an emphasis on the impact of finance on sustainable development, as appropriate, in order to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to access financial services, in particular women and girls, farmers and those working in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises; |
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Rights of indigenous peoples (2018), para. 51 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 26. Underscores the need to ensure equal protection of the law and equality before the courts for indigenous women and girls at all levels and, to that end, the importance of providing systematic gender-sensitivity training, as appropriate, for police and security forces, prosecutors, judges and lawyers, integrating gender considerations into security sector reform initiatives, developing protocols and guidelines and enhancing or putting in place appropriate accountability measures for adjudicators; |
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Situation of human rights in Afghanistan (1999), para. 14 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (b) The continuing and substantiated reports of human rights violations against women and girls, including all forms of discrimination against them, notably in areas under the control of the Taliban; |
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in protection (2011), para. 17 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 5. Underscores that States have the primary responsibility for protecting women and girls facing violence and, in this regard, urges States: |
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Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence (2008), para. 13 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Noting that particular attention must be given, in the context of globalization, to the objective of protecting, promoting and enhancing the rights and welfare of women and girls, as stated in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 2F 3 |
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 089 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 44. We reaffirm our commitment to support developing country efforts to ensure that all children have access to and complete free and compulsory primary education of good quality, to eliminate gender inequality and imbalance and to renew efforts to improve girls’ education. We also commit ourselves to continuing to support the efforts of developing countries in the implementation of the Education for All initiative, including with enhanced resources of all types through the Education for All fast-track initiative in support of country-led national education plans. |
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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. 16 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing also that those who are exposed to or experience violence in childhood are at increased risk of becoming perpetrators of violence against women and girls, and therefore recognizing the need to prevent and eliminate violence against women and children in order to help to stop the intergenerational cycle of violence, |
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2007), para. 22 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (e) The continuing violence and discrimination against women and girls in law and in practice, the refusal of the Guardian Council to take steps to address this systemic discrimination and recent arrests of and violent crackdowns on women exercising their right of assembly; |
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The girl child (2018), para. 45 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 20. Also urges States to forge partnerships with relevant stakeholders, particularly by working with and involving communities in developing programmes and mechanisms designed to ensure the safety and protection as well as the empowerment of children, especially girls, and to ensure that they receive the support they need from their communities; |
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Women in development (2018), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the importance of supporting Agenda 2063, adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, as well as its 10-year plan of action, as a strategic framework for ensuring a positive socioeconomic transformation in Africa within the next 50 years, its continental programme, embedded in the resolutions of the General Assembly on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 7 and regional initiatives, which promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, |
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Women in development (2020), para. 26 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing further the challenges and obstacles to changing discriminatory attitudes, negative social norms and gender stereotypes, which perpetuate multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against women and girls and stereotypical roles of men and women, and stressing that challenges and obstacles remain in the implementation of international standards and norms to eliminate gender inequality, |
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2013), para. 22 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing also the important role of the family in combating violence against women and girls and the need to support its capacity to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, |
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