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Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls 2014, para. 42k

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[The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions:] [Realizing women's and girls' full enjoyment of all human rights]: Address the multiple and intersecting factors contributing to the disproportionate impact of poverty on women and girls over their life cycle, as well as intra-household gender inequalities in the allocation of resources, opportunities and power, by realizing women's and girls' civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, and ensure women's and girls' inheritance and property rights, equal access to quality education, equal access to justice, social protection and an adequate standard of living, including food security and nutrition, safe drinking water and sanitation, energy and fuel resources and housing, as well as women's and adolescent girls' access to health, including sexual and reproductive health-care services, and women's equal access to full and productive employment and decent work, women's full participation and integration in the formal economy, equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, and equal sharing of unpaid work;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Poverty
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls 2014, para. 25

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The Commission notes that with regard to Millennium Development Goal 7 (environmental sustainability), while progress has been made globally in access to safe drinking water, progress on access to basic sanitation has been particularly slow, and the target is likely to be missed, with serious implications for women and girls, especially those living in vulnerable conditions. The Commission expresses concern that the lack of access to safe drinking water particularly affects women and girls and that they frequently bear the burden for its collection in rural and urban areas, and further recognizes the need for further improvement in this regard. The Commission further notes that the lack of adequate sanitation facilities disproportionately affects women and girls, including their labour force and school participation rates, and increases their vulnerability to violence. The Commission further notes that women and girls are often disproportionally affected by desertification, deforestation, natural disasters and climate change owing to gender inequalities and the dependence of many women on natural resources for their livelihoods.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls 2014, para. 22

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The Commission notes that with regard to Millennium Development Goal 4 (reducing child mortality), taking into account the important interconnections between women's and children's health and gender equality and empowerment of women, significant progress has been made in reducing child mortality globally, including through the efforts to eliminate new HIV infections and vertical transmissions in children, to combat malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea, hunger and anaemia and by addressing other factors including the lack of access to vaccines, but the targets are likely to be missed. The Commission notes with deep concern that child deaths are increasingly concentrated in the poorest regions and in the first month of life, and expresses concern that children are at greater risk of dying before the age of 5 if they are born in rural and remote areas or to poor households. The Commission also notes with deep concern that some regions have higher female under-five mortality rates owing to discriminatory practices. The Commission recognizes that progress on reducing child mortality is linked with women's access to health-care services, safe drinking water, sanitation and housing, as well as mothers' basic education and nutrition.
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Infants
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work 2017, para. 40 (s)

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Improve the security and safety of women on the journey to and from work and the security and safety of women and girls on the journey to and from educational facilities through gender-responsive rural development strategies and urban planning and infrastructure, including sustainable, safe, accessible and affordable public transportation systems, street lighting, and separate and adequate sanitation facilities, so as to facilitate women's access to places, products, services and economic opportunities;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women's empowerment and the link to sustainable development 2016, para. 23k

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[The Commission [...] urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions:] [Strengthening normative, legal and policy frameworks]: Urges governments to provide universal and equitable access for all to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate sanitation and hygiene, in particular in schools, public facilities and buildings, paying special attention to the specific needs of all women and girls, who are disproportionately affected by inadequate water and sanitation facilities, are at greater risk of violence and harassment when practising open defecation and have specific needs for menstrual hygiene management, and to improve water management and wastewater treatment with the active participation of women;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls 2014, para. 42dd

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[The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions:] [Realizing women's and girls' full enjoyment of all human rights]: Ensure non-discriminatory access for women of all ages to gender-responsive, universally accessible, available, affordable, sustainable and high-quality services and infrastructure, including health care, safe drinking water and sanitation, transport, energy, housing, agricultural technology, financial and legal services, and information and communications technologies;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls 2014, para. 42j

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[The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions:] [Realizing women's and girls' full enjoyment of all human rights]: Enact and implement legislation to protect, support and empower child-headed households, in particular those headed by girls, and include provisions to ensure their economic well-being and access to health-care services, nutrition, safe drinking water and sanitation, shelter, education and inheritance, and ensure that these families are protected, supported and assisted to stay together;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 22pp

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[The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Making science and technology responsive to women's needs]: Utilize the full potential of science and technology, including in engineering and mathematics, and their innovations to deliver improvements in infrastructure and sectors such as energy, transportation, agriculture, nutrition, health, water and sanitation and information and communications technology, in order, inter alia, to eradicate poverty, promote social development and achieve women's economic empowerment;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work 2011, para. 22r

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[The Commission urges Governments, at all levels [...] to take the following actions, as appropriate:] [Expanding access and participation in education]: Improve the safety of girls at and on the way to school, including, inter alia, by improving infrastructure such as transportation, providing separate and adequate sanitation facilities, improved lighting, playgrounds and safe environments, conducting violence prevention activities in schools and communities and establishing and enforcing penalties for all forms of harassment and violence against girls;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 2007, para. 14.2.l

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[The Commission [...] urges Governments [...] to:] [14.2. Education and training] (l) Increase girls' ability to attend school and extra-curricular activities by investing in public infrastructure projects and quality public services, such as transport, water, sanitation and sustainable energy, in order to reduce the amount of time girls spend on everyday routine household maintenance tasks, while also working to change attitudes that reinforce the division of labour based on gender, in order to promote shared family responsibility for work in the home and reduce the domestic work burden for girls;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Gender
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
Year
2007
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 2007, para. 14.1.c

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[The Commission [...] urges Governments [...] to:] [14.1. Poverty] (c) Improve the situation of girl children living in poverty, deprived of nutrition, water and sanitation facilities, with no access to basic health-care services, shelter, education, participation and protection, taking into account that while a severe lack of goods and services hurts every human being, it is most threatening and harmful to the girl child, leaving her unable to enjoy her rights, to reach her full potential and to participate as a full member of society;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Poverty
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2007
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2001, para. 3a

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[Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate]: Request Governments to ensure universal and equal access for women and men throughout their life cycle to social services related to health care, including education, clean water and safe sanitation, nutrition, food security and health education programmes, especially for women and girls living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, including treatment for opportunistic diseases;
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2001
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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