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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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African Youth Charter 2006, para. l | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | RECALLING the United Nations World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and beyond and the ten priority areas identified for youth (education, employment, hunger and poverty, health, environment, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, leisure-time activities, girls and young women and youth participating in decision-making), and the five additional areas (HIV/AIDS, ICT, Inter- generational dialogue,..) adopted at the 2005 UN General assembly; | African Union | Regional treaty |
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| 2006 | ||
The girl child 2005, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned also that, in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, girl children are among those most affected and that their potential for full development is thus limited, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2007, para. 7d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States and/or the relevant funds and programmes, organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, and invites the international financial institutions and all relevant actors of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and the private sector:] To provide essential health services, equipment and supplies and skills training and income-generating projects to young women and girls so that they can break out of a cycle of poverty; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
The girl child 2013, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that chronic poverty remains one of the biggest obstacles to meeting the needs of and promoting and protecting the rights of children, including the girl child, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Child, early and forced marriage 2014, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States and the international community to create an environment in which the well-being of women and girls is ensured by, inter alia, cooperating, supporting and participating in efforts for the eradication of extreme poverty, and reaffirms that investment in women and girls and the protection of their rights are among the most effective ways to end the practice of child, early and forced marriage; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We resolve, between now and 2030, to end poverty and hunger everywhere; to combat inequalities within and among countries; to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies; to protect human rights and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; and to ensure the lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources. We resolve also to create conditions for sustainable, inclusive and sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and decent work for all, taking into account different levels of national development and capacities. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2015 | ||
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. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that poverty and lack of empowerment of women, as well as their marginalization resulting from their exclusion from social policies and from the benefits of education, health and sustainable development, can place them at increased risk of violence, and that all forms of violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, are impediments to the development of their full potential as equal partners in all aspects of life, as well as obstacles to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
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 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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, | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 53 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In many developed countries, where the level of general education and professional training of women and men are similar and where systems of protection against discrimination are available, in some sectors the economic transformations of the past decade have strongly increased either the unemployment of women or the precarious nature of their employment. The proportion of women among the poor has consequently increased. In countries with a high level of school enrolment of girls, those who leave the educational system the earliest, without any qualification, are among the most vulnerable in the labour market. | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 92 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Women's right to the enjoyment of the highest standard of health must be secured throughout the whole life cycle in equality with men. Women are affected by many of the same health conditions as men, but women experience them differently. The prevalence among women of poverty and economic dependence, their experience of violence, negative attitudes towards women and girls, racial and other forms of discrimination, the limited power many women have over their sexual and reproductive lives and lack of influence in decision-making are social realities which have an adverse impact on their health. Lack of food and inequitable distribution of food for girls and women in the household, inadequate access to safe water, sanitation facilities and fuel supplies, particularly in rural and poor urban areas, and deficient housing conditions, all overburden women and their families and have a negative effect on their health. Good health is essential to leading a productive and fulfilling life, and the right of all women to control all aspects of their health, in particular their own fertility, is basic to their empowerment. | Fourth World Conference on Women | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 1995 | ||
Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 13 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also urges States, with the collaboration of relevant stakeholders, to ensure that the basic humanitarian needs of affected populations and families, including clean water, sanitation, food, shelter, energy, health, including sexual and reproductive health, nutrition, education and protection, are addressed as critical components of humanitarian response, and to ensure that civil registration and vital statistics are an integral part of humanitarian assessments and that livelihoods are protected, recognizing that poverty and lack of economic opportunities for women and girls are among the drivers of child, early and forced marriage; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond 2017, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing also that the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes, especially those relating to family policies in the areas of poverty, work-family balance and intergenerational issues, with attention given to the rights and responsibilities of all family members, can contribute to ending poverty, ending hunger, ensuring a healthy life and promoting well-being for all at all ages, promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, ensuring better education outcomes for children, achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and eliminating all forms of violence, in particular against women and girls, as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy: promoting youth participation in social and economic development 2007, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges Member States to involve young people and youth-led organizations in the development of national policies that affect them, where appropriate, including poverty reduction strategy papers where they exist, bearing in mind that girls, boys, young women and young men have the same rights; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2014, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes the interlinkages between poverty, lack of or inadequate access to health-care services, early childbearing and child, early and forced marriage as root causes of obstetric fistula, that poverty and inequality remain the main social risk factor and that the eradication of poverty is critical to meeting the needs and rights of women and girls, and calls upon States, in collaboration with the international community, to take accelerated action to address the situation; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
The role of freedom of opinion and expression in women’s empowerment 2013, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Highly concerned that women in every part of the world, including women belonging to racial, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities and indigenous women, continue to be marginalized from the political, economic, cultural and social spheres, often as a result of discrimination, unequal access to education, lack of access to health care, the disproportionate effect of poverty on women, and violence against women and girls, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Rights of the child: Towards better investment in the rights of the child 2015, para. 33 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests all States to promote innovative programmes that provide incentives to low-income families with school-age children in order to increase the enrolment and attendance of girls and boys, and to ensure that children are not obliged to work in a way that interferes with their schooling or represents a risk to their health or well-being, and that they are not taken into care because of poverty; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Adolescents and youth 2012, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Member States to ensure the right to education of good quality for women and girls, on an equal basis with men and boys, and that they complete a full course of primary education, and to renew their efforts to improve and expand the education of girls and women at all levels, including at the secondary and higher levels, as well as vocational education and technical training, in order to, inter alia, achieve gender equality, the empowerment of women and poverty eradication; | Commission on Population and Development | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
Right to food 2005, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses its concern that women are disproportionately affected by hunger, food insecurity and poverty, in part as a result of gender inequality and discrimination, that in many countries, girls are twice as likely as boys to die from malnutrition and preventable childhood diseases, and that it is estimated that almost twice as many women as men suffer from malnutrition; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Right to food 2006, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses its concern that women and girls are disproportionately affected by hunger, food insecurity and poverty, in part as a result of gender inequality and discrimination, that in many countries, girls are twice as likely as boys to die from malnutrition and preventable childhood diseases, and that it is estimated that almost twice as many women as men suffer from malnutrition; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2006 | ||
Right to food 2008, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Expresses its concern that women and girls are disproportionately affected by hunger, food insecurity and poverty, in part as a result of gender inequality and discrimination, that in many countries, girls are twice as likely as boys to die from malnutrition and preventable childhood diseases and that it is estimated that almost twice as many women as men suffer from malnutrition; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
The girl child 1997, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned also that, in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, girl children are among the victims most affected and that thus their potential for full development is limited, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1997 | ||
The girl child 1998, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that, in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, girl children are among the victims most affected and that thus their potential for full development is limited, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
The girl child 2001, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that, in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, girl children are among the victims most affected and that thus their potential for full development is limited, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
The girl child 2009, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing that chronic poverty remains the single biggest obstacle to meeting the needs of and promoting and protecting the rights of children and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate it, and noting that the burden of the global financial and economic crisis, the energy crisis, the food crisis and the continuing food insecurity as a result of various factors is felt directly by households, especially those depending on income from the informal sector, and particularly by women and girls, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2010, para. 9e | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States and/or the relevant funds and programmes, organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, and invites the international financial institutions and all relevant actors of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and the private sector:] To provide essential health services, equipment and supplies and skills training and income-generating projects to women and girls so that they can break out of the cycle of poverty; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Human rights and extreme poverty 2010, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also reaffirms the commitment made at the 2005 World Summit to eradicate poverty and promote sustained economic growth, sustainable development and global prosperity for all, including women and girls; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The girl child 2011, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Further urges States to improve the situation of girl children living in poverty, deprived of nutrition, water and sanitation facilities, with limited or no access to basic physical and mental health-care services, shelter, education, participation and protection, taking into account that, while a severe lack of goods and services hurts every human being, it is most threatening and harmful to the girl child, leaving her unable to enjoy her rights, to reach her full potential and to participate as a full member of society; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Human rights and extreme poverty 2014, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirms the critical role of both formal and informal education in the achievement of poverty eradication and other development goals, as envisaged in the Millennium Declaration, in particular basic education and training for eradicating illiteracy, efforts towards expanded secondary and higher education as well as vocational education and technical training, especially for girls and women, the creation of human resources and infrastructure capabilities and the empowerment of those living in poverty, reaffirms in this context the Dakar Framework for Action, adopted at the World Education Forum on 28 April 2000, and recognizes the importance of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization strategy for the eradication of poverty, especially extreme poverty, in supporting the Education for All programmes as tools for achieving the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 101g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Undertake comprehensive actions to provide and support quality skills training for women and girls at all levels, on the basis of strategies developed with their full and effective participation, to achieve agreed targets to eradicate poverty, in particular the feminization of poverty, through national, regional and international efforts. National efforts need to be complemented by intensified regional and international cooperation in order to tackle the risks, overcome the challenges and ensure that opportunities created by globalization benefit women, particularly in developing countries; | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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| 2000 |