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
Rapport des procédures spéciales
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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.
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Droit souple non-négocié
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Procédures Spéciales: Groupe de travail sur la discrimination à l’égard des femmes et des filles
Document means of adoption
S/O
Thèmes
Égalité & Inclusion
Genre
Santé
Personnes concernées
Femmes
Personnes en situation de déplacement
Document year
2016
Type de paragraphe
Autre
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/44, para. 17.