Rural women are at risk of gender-based violence because of traditional attitudes regarding the subordinate role of women that persist in many rural communities. Girls from rural communities are at special risk of violence and sexual exploitation when they leave the rural community to seek employment in towns.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Tipo de documento
General Comment / Recommendation
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Gender
Violence
Personas afectadas
Girls
Women
Año
1992
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 19, Violence against women (1992), para. 21.