Eliminating discrimination against women in the area of health and safety, with a focus on the instrumentalization of women's bodies 2016, para. 17
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Original document
Document type
Informe de procedimientos especiales
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Women face a disproportionate risk of being subjected to humiliating and degrading treatment in health-care facilities, especially during pregnancy, childbirth and the post-partum period. Furthermore, they are especially vulnerable to degrading treatment in situations where they are deprived of liberty, including in migrant detention facilities or mental institutions. They are subjected to humiliating treatment within the health-care system because of their gender identity and sexual orientation, sometimes expressly in the name of morality or religion, as a way of punishing what is considered "immoral" behaviour.
Document legal status
Derecho dispositivo no negociado
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Special Procedures: Grupo de Trabajo sobre la discriminación de las mujeres y las niñas
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N/A
Temas
Género
Igualdad & inclusión
Salud
Personas afectadas
Mujeres
Personas en movimiento
Document year
2016
Tipo de párrafo
Otro
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/44, para. 17.