Women and health 1999, para. 12b
Paragraphe- Paragraph text
- [States parties should report on their understanding of how policies and measures on health care address the health rights of women from the perspective of women's needs and interests and how it addresses distinctive features and factors that differ for women in comparison to men, such as:] Socio-economic factors that vary for women in general and some groups of women in particular. For example, unequal power relationships between women and men in the home and workplace may negatively affect women's nutrition and health. They may also be exposed to different forms of violence which can affect their health. Girl children and adolescent girls are often vulnerable to sexual abuse by older men and family members, placing them at risk of physical and psychological harm and unwanted and early pregnancy. Some cultural or traditional practices such as female genital mutilation also carry a high risk of death and disability;
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Type de document
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Année
- 1999
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- CEDAW General Recommendation No. 24, Women and health (1999), para. 12b.
- Paragraph number
- 12b
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