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Preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace 2017, para. 2c
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- [Encourages Member States to:] Take measures to educate children from a young age regarding the importance of treating all people with dignity and respect and that sexual harassment is an abuse of human rights and offends the dignity of all persons;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace 2017, para. 2b
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- [Encourages Member States to:] Take all measures necessary to raise awareness regarding the rights of victims of sexual harassment in the workplace and the means of accessing redress and justice, and to facilitate reporting by victims and witnesses;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2016, para. 5
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- Further calls upon all governments to ensure a just and equitable world for women and girls, including through partnering with men and boys, as an important strategy for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 6
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- Recalling its resolution 56/2 of 9 March 2012, and mindful of the continuing need to further enhance gender equality and the empowerment of women,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2011, para. 6
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- Recognizing that populations destabilized by armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children, are increasingly vulnerable to HIV infection,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 32
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- Emphasizes the special importance of timely, effective, comprehensive and durable solutions to the external debt problems of developing countries, since debt financing and relief can contribute to economic growth and development and the empowerment of women;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2010, para. 6
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- Recognizing that populations destabilized by armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children, are increasingly vulnerable to HIV infection,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2009, para. 12
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- Further concerned that women and girls are more vulnerable to HIV and AIDS and have different and unequal access to the use of health resources for the prevention and treatment of and care and support for people living with HIV and AIDS,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2006, para. 40
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- Recommends that the 2006 follow-up meeting take measures to ensure the inclusion of gender-equality perspectives throughout its deliberations and that it pay attention to the situation of women and girls infected and affected by HIV/AIDS;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2000, para. 9
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- Encourages Governments to recognize the challenges facing girls and women, particularly older women, who are primary caregivers for people living with HIV/AIDS, and to provide them with the necessary economic and psychosocial support;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Older persons
- Women
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2000, para. 3
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- Urges Governments to take all necessary measures to strengthen women's economic independence and to protect and promote their human rights and fundamental freedoms in order to allow them to better protect themselves from HIV infection;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2000
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women and mental health, with emphasis on special groups 1999, para. 4
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- Invites Governments to develop and implement public awareness campaigns on mental health and education focusing on women and girls who are most in need of psychological support;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women and mental health, with emphasis on special groups 1999, para. 5
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- Concerned that, in many parts of the world, depression affects more women than men, owing, among other factors, to the inferior social and economic status of women and girls,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 1999, para. 3
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- Urges Governments to take all necessary measures to strengthen women's economic independence, to protect and promote their human rights and fundamental freedoms in order to allow them to better protect themselves from HIV infection;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 1999, para. 6
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- Also recognizing that women and, in particular, young girls, are physiologically and biologically more vulnerable than men to sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, and yet receive minimal health care and support when infected,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and land rights discrimination 1998, para. 3d
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- To ensure women's equal rights with men in the areas of education, health and nutrition, and to provide equal access to programmes of continuing education, including adult and functional literacy programmes;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Human rights and land rights discrimination 1998, para. 5
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- Concerned that in situations of poverty, women are disproportionately affected and have the least access to productive resources, food, health, education, training and opportunities for employment and other needs,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value 1994, para. 2d
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- [Calls upon Governments:] (d) To take steps to make information available to women and men about their rights to equal pay for work of equal value, for example through legal literacy programmes;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 1994
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value 1994, para. 4
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- Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the priority theme of equal pay for work of equal value, which is based on a study by the International Labour Organization,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1994
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1994, para. 12
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- Expressing deep concern that, despite the fact that poor rural women contribute to all aspects of the well-being of rural families and account for more than half the food production of developing countries, they are often the most vulnerable and disadvantaged group in society,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1994
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1994, para. 8
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- Convinced that improving the distribution between both sexes of the tasks related to productive and reproductive functions is an essential strategy for sustainable development and has to be reflected in the implementation of concrete national development policies, programmes and projects,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1994
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1993, para. 14
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- Keeping in mind the fact that the impact of structural adjustment policies, adverse terms of trade and the growing foreign debt on developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, has had a negative effect on efforts for the full integration of women in development,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1993
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1993, para. 11
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- Expressing deep concern that, despite the fact that poor rural women contribute to all aspects of the well-being of rural families and account for more than half of the food production of developing countries, they are often the most vulnerable and disadvantaged group in society,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1993
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in decision-making bodies 1992, para. 2
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- Also urges political parties, trade unions and non-governmental organizations to encourage women to use their rights, to promote women, to put forward women as candidates to all elective posts and actively to support their election to such posts;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1992
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1992, para. 13
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- Keeping in mind the fact that the impact of structural adjustment policies, adverse terms of trade and the growing foreign debt on developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, has had a negative effect on efforts for the full integration of women in development,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1992
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1992, para. 11
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- Expressing deep concern that, despite the fact that poor rural women contribute to all aspects of the well-being of rural families and account for more than half of the food production of developing countries, they are often the most vulnerable and disadvantaged group in society,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1992
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 6
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- Recognizing that populations destabilized by armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children, are at increased risk of HIV infection,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2014, para. 15
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- Also urges Governments to take measures to integrate, inter alia, family and community-based approaches in policies and programmes aimed at providing prevention, treatment, care and support to women and girls living with or affected by HIV and AIDS;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2009, para. 38
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- Welcomes the financial contributions made to date to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, urges further contributions to sustain the Fund, and calls upon all countries to encourage the private sector to contribute to the Fund;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 2009, para. 9
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- Deeply concerned also by the increased risk of HIV/AIDS facing women and girls with disabilities resulting from, inter alia, social, legal and economic inequalities, sexual and gender-based violence, discrimination and violations of their rights,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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