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.
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
Gender
Violence
Personnes concernées
Girls
Women
Année
1992
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 19, Violence against women (1992), para. 21.