Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 277c
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
[By Governments and, as appropriate, international and non-governmental organizations:] Eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child and the root causes of son preference, which result in harmful and unethical practices such as prenatal sex selection and female infanticide; this is often compounded by the increasing use of technologies to determine foetal sex, resulting in abortion of female foetuses;
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
Harmful Practices
Health
Personnes concernées
Children
Girls
Année
1995
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), para. 277c.