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Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regards to human rights, para. 24

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  1. Calls upon States to mainstream a gender perspective into and ensure the involvement of women in all stages of the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of drug policies and programmes, and to develop and disseminate gender-sensitive and age-appropriate measures that take into account the specific needs and circumstances faced by women and girls with regard to the world drug problem, bearing in mind that targeted interventions that are based on the collection and analysis of data, including age- and gender-related data, can be particularly effective in meeting the specific needs of drug-affected populations and communities;
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Sep 17, 2019
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The right to food, para. 36

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  1. Encourages all States to mainstream a gender perspective in food security programmes and to take action to address de jure and de facto gender inequality and discrimination against women, in particular where such inequality and discrimination contribute to the malnutrition of women and girls, including by taking measures to ensure the full and equal realization of the right to food and ensuring that women and girls have equal access to social protection and resources, including income, land and water, and their ownership, and full and equal access to health care, education, science and technology, to enable them to feed themselves and their families, and in this regard stresses the need to empower women and to strengthen their role in decision-making;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Date added
Sep 17, 2019
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Elimination of violence against women 2004, para. 11

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  • Elimination of violence against women
Document type
  • Resolution
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Also urges Governments to design and implement programmes to encourage and enable men to adopt safe and responsible sexual and reproductive behaviour, and to use effectively methods to prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS;

Document body
  • United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Men
  • Women
Document year
  • 2004
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings 2017, para. 6

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  • Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings
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  • Resolution
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Calls upon States to promote and protect the right of women and girls to equal access to education through enhanced emphasis on free and quality primary and secondary education, including catch-up and literacy education for those who have not received formal education or have left school early, including because of marriage and/or childbearing, which empowers young women and girls to make informed decisions about their lives, employment, economic opportunities and health, including through scientifically accurate, age-appropriate comprehensive education, relevant to cultural contexts, that provides adolescent girls and boys and young women and men, in and out of school, consistent with their evolving capacities, with information on sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and the empowerment of women, human rights, physical, psychological and pubertal development and power in relationships between women and men, to enable them to build self-esteem and informed decision-making, communication and risk reduction skills and to develop respectful relationships, in full partnership with young persons, parents, legal guardians, caregivers, educators and health-care providers, in order to contribute to ending child, early and forced marriage;

Document body
  • United Nations Human Rights Council
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
  • Youth
Document year
  • 2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 5

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Further calls upon all governments to ensure a just and equitable world for women and girls, including through partnering with men and boys, as an important strategy for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Document year
  • 2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2011, para. 23

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Welcomes the decision of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to scale up a gender-sensitive response to HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in order to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls to HIV infection;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Ending female genital mutilation 2010, para. 14

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  • Ending female genital mutilation
Document type
  • Resolution
Paragraph text

Further urges States to develop social and psychological support services and care and to take measures to improve health, including sexual and reproductive health, in order to assist women and girls who are subjected to female genital mutilation;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Harmful Practices
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2010, para. 23

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
Document type
  • Resolution
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Welcomes the decision of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to scale up a gender-sensitive response to HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in order to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls to HIV infection;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2009, para. 24

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Welcomes the decision of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to scale up a gender-sensitive response to HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in order to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls to HIV infection;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2009
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2008, para. 23

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
Paragraph text

Welcomes the decision of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to scale up a gender-sensitive response to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in order to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls to HIV infection;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2008
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2006, para. 40

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Recommends that the 2006 follow-up meeting take measures to ensure the inclusion of gender-equality perspectives throughout its deliberations and that it pay attention to the situation of women and girls infected and affected by HIV/AIDS;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2005, para. 2

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Also stresses that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are fundamental elements in the reduction of their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, and emphasizes that the advancement of women and girls is key to reversing the pandemic;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2005
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2004, para. 11

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Emphasizes the need for the rapid scaling up of programmes for treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and to encourage men to participate with women in programmes designed to prevent mother-to-child transmission;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Document year
  • 2004
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2004, para. 2

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Stresses also that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are fundamental elements in the reduction of their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, and emphasizes that the advancement of women and girls is key to reversing the pandemic;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2004
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2003, para. 1

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Stresses that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are fundamental elements in the reduction of their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, and emphasizes that the advancement of women and girls is key to reversing the pandemic;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2003
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2000, para. 9

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Encourages Governments to recognize the challenges facing girls and women, particularly older women, who are primary caregivers for people living with HIV/AIDS, and to provide them with the necessary economic and psychosocial support;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Older persons
  • Women
Document year
  • 2000
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2000, para. 3

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Urges Governments to take all necessary measures to strengthen women's economic independence and to protect and promote their human rights and fundamental freedoms in order to allow them to better protect themselves from HIV infection;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2000
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women and mental health, with emphasis on special groups 1999, para. 4

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  • Women and mental health, with emphasis on special groups
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  • Resolution
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Invites Governments to develop and implement public awareness campaigns on mental health and education focusing on women and girls who are most in need of psychological support;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 1999
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 1999, para. 3

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Urges Governments to take all necessary measures to strengthen women's economic independence, to protect and promote their human rights and fundamental freedoms in order to allow them to better protect themselves from HIV infection;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 1999
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of discrimination against women 2016, para. 9

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  • Elimination of discrimination against women
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  • Resolution
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Calls upon States to monitor and prevent unlawful forced institutionalization and overmedication, and to ensure non-discrimination in relation to women’s mental health;

Document body
  • United Nations Human Rights Council
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Document year
  • 2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of discrimination against women 2015, para. 19

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  • Elimination of discrimination against women
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  • Resolution
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Notes with appreciation the intention of the Working Group to focus its next report on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice in health and safety;

Document body
  • United Nations Human Rights Council
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Document year
  • 2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of discrimination against women 2015, para. 8

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  • Elimination of discrimination against women
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  • Resolution
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Urges States to ensure that women have equal access to all economic, financial, fiscal and social services and benefits without discrimination, including those that head a family;

Document body
  • United Nations Human Rights Council
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Document year
  • 2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of discrimination against women 2012, para. 3

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  • Elimination of discrimination against women
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  • Resolution
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Welcomes the thematic priorities identified by the Working Group, namely, political and public life, economic and social life, family and cultural life, and health and safety;

Document body
  • United Nations Human Rights Council
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Document year
  • 2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of discrimination against women 2010, para. 21

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  • Elimination of discrimination against women
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  • Resolution
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Requests the working group to make its reports available to the General Assembly, the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women and other relevant United Nations entities;

Document body
  • United Nations Human Rights Council
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Document year
  • 2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Trafficking in women and girls 2016, para. 39

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  • Trafficking in women and girls
Document type
  • Resolution
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Invites Member States to provide training for law enforcement and border control officials, as well as medical personnel, in identifying potential cases of trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal;

Document body
  • United Nations General Assembly
Topic(s)
  • Health
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 19

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Further urges Governments, where they have not yet done so, to institute and ensure the transparent and effective enforcement of laws and access to redress mechanisms to protect women and girls from child, early and forced marriage and marital rape;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 15

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Also urges Governments to take measures to integrate, inter alia, family and community-based approaches in policies and programmes aimed at providing prevention, treatment, care and support to women and girls living with or affected by HIV and AIDS;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2009, para. 38

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Welcomes the financial contributions made to date to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, urges further contributions to sustain the Fund, and calls upon all countries to encourage the private sector to contribute to the Fund;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2009
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2008, para. 37

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Welcomes the financial contributions made to date to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, urges further contributions to sustain the Fund, and calls upon all countries to encourage the private sector to contribute to the Fund;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2008
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2007, para. 33

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  • Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
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  • Resolution
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Welcomes the financial contributions made to date to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, urges further contributions to sustain the Fund, and calls upon all countries to encourage the private sector to contribute to the Fund;

Document body
  • Commission on the Status of Women
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2007
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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