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Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage 2015, para. 18 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that birth registration and marriage, divorce and death registration are part of a comprehensive civil registration system that facilitates the development of vital statistics and the effective planning and implementation of programmes and policies intended to promote better governance and to achieve internationally agreed development goals, and that the absence of compulsory registration of customary and religious marriages is a major stumbling block for the implementation of existing legislation and other initiatives to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation 2014, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that female genital mutilation is a form of discrimination, an act of violence against women and girls and a harmful practice that constitutes a serious threat to their health, including their psychological, sexual and reproductive health, which can increase their vulnerability to HIV and may have adverse obstetric and prenatal outcomes as well as fatal consequences for the mother and the newborn, and that the abandonment of this harmful practice can be achieved as a result of a comprehensive movement that involves all public and private stakeholders in society, including girls and boys, women and men, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that female genital mutilation is a harmful practice, constituting a serious threat to the health of women and girls, including their physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health, increasing their vulnerability to HIV, as well as hepatitis A and B, and possibly having adverse obstetric and prenatal outcomes, as well as fatal consequences for the mother and the newborn, and that the elimination of this harmful practice can be achieved as a result of a comprehensive movement that involves all public and private stakeholders in society, including girls and boys, women and men, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence 2016, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming that female genital mutilation is a harmful practice and an act of violence against women and girls that impairs their human rights, constituting a serious threat to their health and well-being, including their psychological, sexual and reproductive health, increasing their vulnerability to HIV and possibly having adverse obstetric and prenatal outcomes, as well as fatal consequences for the mother and the newborn, and that the abandonment of this harmful practice can be achieved as a result of a comprehensive movement that involves all public and private stakeholders in society, including girls, boys, women and men, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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