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Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008), para. 105

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  • Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy – promoting youth participation in social and economic development (2008)
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44. Youth are often among the main victims of armed conflict. Children and youth are killed or maimed, made orphans, abducted, taken hostage, forcibly displaced, deprived of education and health care and left with deep emotional scars and trauma. Children illegally recruited as child soldiers are often forced to commit serious abuses. Armed conflict destroys the safe environment provided by a house, a family, adequate nutrition, education and employment. During conflict, health risks increase among youth, especially young women. Young women and girls face additional risks, in particular those of sexual violence and exploitation.
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  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
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  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
  • Youth
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015), para. 37

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  • Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015)
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1. Stresses that “violence against women” means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women and girls, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life, and also notes the economic and social harm caused by such violence;
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (2018), para. 29

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  • Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (2018)
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(l) Fully engaging men and boys, including community leaders, as strategic partners and allies in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against them, including by working to counteract attitudes by which women and girls are regarded as subordinate to men and boys;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 025

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  • Rights of the child (2014)
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10. Expresses its concern that children with disabilities, particularly girls, are often at greater risk, both within and outside the home, of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment and maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse;
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  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Persons with disabilities
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Feb 25, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in protection (2011), para. 17

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  • Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in protection (2011)
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5. Underscores that States have the primary responsibility for protecting women and girls facing violence and, in this regard, urges States:
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  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2007), para. 22

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  • Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2007)
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(e) The continuing violence and discrimination against women and girls in law and in practice, the refusal of the Guardian Council to take steps to address this systemic discrimination and recent arrests of and violent crackdowns on women exercising their right of assembly;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
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The causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (1998), para. 11

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  • The causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (1998)
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Expressing concern about the serious impact of such socio-economic problems and challenges as increasing poverty, the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome pandemic, and barriers that perpetuate discrimination against women and girls,
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  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2019), para. 15

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  • Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2019)
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(b) The formulation of the Transition Plan, which defines transition as the emergence of effective Somali security institutions and the progressive handover of responsibility from the African Union Mission in Somalia towards increased Somali ownership for its citizens’ security, and appreciating, in particular, that this approach is underpinned by a focus on the rule of law, reconciliation, justice, respect for human rights, and the protection of women and girls, and children;
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  • Governance & Rule of Law
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  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2009), para. 25

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  • Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2009)
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11. Urges States to end impunity for violence against women by investigating, prosecuting with due process and punishing all perpetrators, by ensuring that women have equal protection of the law and equal access to justice and by holding up to public scrutiny and eliminating those attitudes that foster, justify or tolerate all forms of violence against women and girls;
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  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Policies and programmes involving youth (2014), para. 15

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  • Policies and programmes involving youth (2014)
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5. Also urges Member States to address the challenges faced by girls and young women and to address gender stereotypes that perpetuate discrimination and violence against girls and young women and the stereotypical roles of men and women that hinder social development by reaffirming the commitment to the empowerment of women and gender equality, to engage, educate, encourage and support men and boys to take responsibility for their behaviour, including their sexual and reproductive behaviour, to mainstream a gender perspective into all development efforts, recognizing that such actions are critical for achieving sustainable development and for efforts to combat hunger, poverty and disease, and to strengthen policies and programmes that improve, ensure and broaden the full participation of young women in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life, as equal partners, and improve their access to all resources needed for the full exercise of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms by removing persistent barriers, including ensuring equal access to full and productive employment and decent work and strengthening their economic independence;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
  • Youth
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Feb 25, 2020
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Question of human rights in Afghanistan (2001), para. 37

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  • Question of human rights in Afghanistan (2001)
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(g) Respect for the effective and equal access of women and girls to the facilities necessary to protect their right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health;
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  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2019), para. 11

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  • Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2019)
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Reaffirming that the full enjoyment of all human rights by all women and girls includes their right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters relating to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free from coercion, discrimination and violence, and that equal relationships in matters of sexuality, sexual relations and reproduction, including full respect for the dignity, integrity and bodily autonomy and agency of the person, require mutual respect, consent and shared responsibility for sexual behaviour and its consequences, in accordance with applicable international human rights standards,
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  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Addressing the impact of multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence in the context of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on the full enjoyment of all human rights by women and girls (2016), para. 15

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  • Addressing the impact of multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence in the context of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on the full enjoyment of all human rights by women and girls (2016)
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1. Expresses grave concern about the impact of multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence in the context of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on the full enjoyment of all human rights by women and girls;
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  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2013), para. 71

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  • Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2013)
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22. Stresses that, within the United Nations system, adequate resources should be assigned to the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and other bodies, specialized agencies, funds and programmes responsible for the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights and to efforts throughout the United Nations system to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls, and calls upon the United Nations system to make the necessary support and resources available;
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (2017), para. 09

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  • Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (2017)
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Taking note with appreciation also of the commitment of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries to gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016), para. 093

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  • New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016)
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83. We will work to ensure that the basic health needs of refugee communities are met and that women and girls have access to essential health-care services. We commit to providing host countries with support in this regard. We will also develop national strategies for the protection of refugees within the framework of national social protection systems, as appropriate.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Entrepreneurship for development (2013), para. 17

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  • Entrepreneurship for development (2013)
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9. Also recognizes the value of teaching entrepreneurial skills at all levels of education, ensuring the full and equal participation of women and girls, and encourages entrepreneurship education through skills development, capacity- building, training programmes and business incubators;
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2014), para. 075

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  • Rights of the child (2014)
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(k) To address the gender dimension of all forms of violence against children and incorporate a gender perspective in all policies adopted and actions taken to protect children against all forms of violence, acknowledging that girls and boys face varying risks from different forms of violence at different ages and in different situations, and in this context recalls the agreed conclusions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women, including those adopted at its fifty-seventh session, 36 on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls;
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  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Trafficking in women and girls (2017), para. 55

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  • Trafficking in women and girls (2017)
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18. Urges Governments to devise, enforce and strengthen effective gender- and age-sensitive measures to combat and eliminate all forms of trafficking in women and girls, including for sexual and economic exploitation, as part of a comprehensive anti-trafficking strategy that integrates a human rights perspective, and to draw up, as appropriate, national action plans in this regard;
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting awareness, understanding and the application of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through sport and the Olympic ideal (2011), para. 09

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  • Promoting awareness, understanding and the application of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through sport and the Olympic ideal (2011)
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Recognizing the imperative need to engage women and girls in the practice of sport for development and peace and, in this regard, welcoming activities that aim to foster and encourage such initiatives at the global level,
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  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2014), para. 47

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  • The girl child (2014)
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13. Urges all States to promote gender equality and equal access to basic social services, such as education, nutrition, water and sanitation, birth registration, health care, vaccinations and protection from diseases representing the major causes of mortality, including non-communicable diseases, and to mainstream a gender perspective into all development policies and programmes, including those specific to the girl child;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Social & Cultural Rights
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
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Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015), para. 50

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  • Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015)
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14. Stresses the need for the exclusion of killing and maiming of women and girls, as prohibited under international law, and crimes of sexual violence from amnesty provisions in the context of conflict resolution processes and to address such acts during all stages of the armed conflict, conflict resolution and post-conflict situations, including through transitional justice mechanisms, while ensuring the full and effective participation of women in such processes;
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  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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The right to food (2019), para. 44

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  • The right to food (2019)
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6. Also expresses its deep concern that, while women contribute more than 50 per cent of the food produced worldwide, they also account for 70 per cent of the world’s hungry, that women and girls are disproportionately affected by hunger, food insecurity and poverty, in part as a result of gender inequality and discrimination, that in many countries girls are twice as likely as boys to die from malnutrition an d preventable childhood diseases, and that it is estimated that almost twice as many women as men suffer from malnutrition;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Women
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2018), para. 14

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  • Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2018)
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Expressing concern at persistent gender gaps and the increase in gender segregation by sector in the labour market, created by discrimination based on patriarchal social norms, showing that women have substantially fewer opportunities than men to participate meaningfully in the economy and in decision-making processes at all levels and areas, to have control over assets, including land, are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed, to be paid less for equal work or work of equal value, and to be engaged in precarious work with limited legal and social protections, and that women and girls undertake a disproportionate share of unpaid care and domestic work,
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019), para. 10

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  • Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019)
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Recognizing further that adolescent girls, in particular those who live in poverty or who are marginalized, are at particular risk of maternal death and morbidity, including obstetric fistula, and concerned that the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19 in many low- and middle-income countries is complications from pregnancy and childbirth and that women aged 30 and older are at increased risk of developing complications and of dying during childbirth,
Topic(s)
  • Health
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Girls
  • Women
Date added
Feb 25, 2020
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Trafficking in women and girls (2019), para. 27

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  • Trafficking in women and girls (2019)
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Recognizing that, despite the progress made, challenges to preventing and combating trafficking in women and girls and to protecting and assisting the victims of human trafficking remain and that further efforts should be made to a dopt and implement adequate legislation and other measures and to continue improving the collection of reliable data disaggregated by sex, age, nationality, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts and other relevant factors and of statistics that would allow proper analysis of the nature, extent and risk factors of trafficking in women and girls,
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2010), para. 09

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  • The girl child (2010)
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Reaffirming also all other relevant outcomes of major United Nations summits and conferences relevant to the girl child, as well as their five- and ten-year reviews, including the Beijing Declaration 9F 10 and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 11F 12 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 12F 13 the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development 13F 14 and the declaration adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-ninth session in 2005, 14F 15 as well as
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  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015), para. 90

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  • Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015)
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24. Stresses that, within the United Nations system, adequate resources should be assigned to the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and other bodies, the specialized agencies, funds and programmes responsible for the promotion of gender equality, the empowerment of women and the human rights of women and girls and to efforts throughout the United Nations system to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls, and calls upon the United Nations system to make the necessary support and resources available;
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Equal pay (2019), para. 02

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  • Equal pay (2019)
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Reaffirming the obligation of all States to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and also that all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls, are contrary to the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and other human rights instruments,
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  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
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  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence (2017), para. 38

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  • Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence (2017)
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9. Also stresses the importance of ensuring that, in armed conflict and post- conflict situations and in natural disaster situations, the prevention of and response to all forms of violence against women and girls, including sexual and gender -based violence, are prioritized and effectively addressed, including, as appropriate, through the investigation, prosecution and punishment of perpetrators to end impunity, the removal of barriers to women’s access to justice, the establishment of complaint and reporting mechanisms and the provision of support to victims an d survivors;
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  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
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  • Girls
  • Women
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Feb 25, 2020
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