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Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 41

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Violence against women also works against the achievement of development goals such as education, the focus of Millennium Development Goal 3. The fact that 60 million girls worldwide are assaulted while travelling to and from school prevents many girls from completing their education. Many adolescent girls are also forced to withdraw from school owing to marriage and school-related violence, while sexual violence increases the dropout rates of girls and undermines educational achievement.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women 2014, para. 40

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Inter-agency efforts to combat violence against women include activities by the Inter-agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Inter-agency Task Force on Women, Peace and Security, the Inter-agency Task Force on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, the Inter-agency Task Force on Adolescent Girls and the Inter-agency Working Group of the Secretary-General's campaign, UNiTE to End Violence against Women.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 40

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Preventable maternal mortality in turn leads to additional negative development outcomes as it fuels economic and social inequalities. Generally, preventing and combating illness among women and girls leads to a healthier and more productive population, whereas ill-health diminishes people's personal capacity and ability to contribute to their households, resulting in lost incomes and lower productivity. Furthermore, investing in the health of the largest generation ever of young people, particularly adolescent girls, means investing in the future and sustainable development. Gender-based violence, however, impoverishes women and their families, saps public resources and lowers economic productivity. Therefore, when women and girls experience violence, they are denied access to fundamental human rights, such as education and health, which significantly undercuts their capacity to participate meaningfully in the sustainable development of their communities.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Girls
  • Women
  • Youth
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 83

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These rules supplement the standards of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules), which afford protection to all prisoners and offenders, respectively. Other applicable international standards include the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment; the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners; the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty; the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice; and the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials. Although these rules are non binding instruments, they constitute authoritative guides to the content of binding treaty standards and customary international law.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 77

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Pregnancy and childbearing are part of the material reality of women and girls which requires a gendered analysis. This entails explicitly accounting for the fact that maternal mortality and morbidity are manifestations of rights violations for which there are no parallel violations directly experienced by men. The general risk of maternal mortality and morbidity faced by all women is significantly altered by factors such as quality, affordable and accessible maternal health care. The absence of this type of health care contributes to deaths that are preventable and that occur at disproportionately higher rates for pregnant women and adolescent girls who live in the poorest regions of the world.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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