Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 259
Paragraphe- Paragraph text
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes that "States Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or status" (art. 2, para. 1). However, in many countries available indicators show that the girl child is discriminated against from the earliest stages of life, through her childhood and into adulthood. In some areas of the world, men outnumber women by 5 in every 100. The reasons for the discrepancy include, among other things, harmful attitudes and practices, such as female genital mutilation, son preference - which results in female infanticide and prenatal sex selection - early marriage, including child marriage, violence against women, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, discrimination against girls in food allocation and other practices related to health and well-being. As a result, fewer girls than boys survive into adulthood.
- Status juridique
- Negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Fourth World Conference on Women
- Type de document
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Mode d'adoption
- Consensus
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Personnes concernées
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Année
- 1995
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), para. 259.
- Paragraph focus
- The girl child
- Paragraph number
- 259
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