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Adequate housing as a component of the rights to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context, para. 27
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- experiences, including discrimination, violence against women and the disproportionate impact on women of forced evictions, inadequate water and sanitation services and pervasive poverty, and by undertaking legislative and other reforms to realize the equal rights of women and men, as well as girls and boys where applicable, to access economic and productive resources, including land and natural resources, and property and inheritance rights;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2018
- Date added
- Sep 17, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 14
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- Deeply concerned also that women and girls are particularly at risk of and exposed to attacks, sexual and gender-based violence, harassment and other threats to their safety while collecting household water and when accessing sanitation facilities outside their homes, or practicing open defecation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 13
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- Deeply concerned that the lack of access to adequate water and sanitation services, including for menstrual hygiene management, especially in schools, contributes to reinforcing the widespread stigma associated with menstruation, which negatively affects gender equality and women’s and girls’ enjoyment of human rights, including the right to education and the right to health,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 12
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- Deeply concerned further that women and girls often face particular barriers in their access to water and sanitation, which are exacerbated in humanitarian crises, and that they shoulder the main burden of collecting household water in many parts of the world, which restricts their time for other activities, such as education and leisure for girls or earning a livelihood for women,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 14
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- Concerned that the lack of access to adequate water and sanitation services, including menstrual hygiene management, and the widespread stigma associated with menstruation have a negative impact on gender equality and the human rights of women and girls,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 16
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- Deeply alarmed that, every year, almost 700,000 children under 5 years of age die as a result of water and sanitation-related diseases, and underscoring that progress on reducing child mortality, morbidity and stunting is linked to children's and women's access to safe drinking water and sanitation,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 15
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- Deeply concerned that women and girls are particularly at risk and exposed to attacks, sexual and gender-based violence, harassment and other threats to their safety while collecting household water and when accessing sanitation facilities outside of their homes or practising open defecation,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 14
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- Deeply concerned further that the lack of access to adequate water and sanitation services, including for menstrual hygiene management, especially in schools, contributes to reinforcing the widespread stigma associated with menstruation, negatively affecting gender equality and women's and girls' enjoyment of human rights, including the right to education,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 13
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- Deeply concerned also that women and girls often face particular barriers in accessing water and sanitation and that they shoulder the main burden of collecting household water in many parts of the world, restricting their time for other activities, such as education and leisure, or for women earning a livelihood,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 12
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- Deeply concerned that women and girls often face particular barriers in accessing water and sanitation and that they shoulder the main burden of collecting household water in many parts of the world, restricting their time for other activities,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 2009, para. 13
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- Recognizing that population and development issues, education and training, health, nutrition, the environment, water supply, sanitation, housing, communications, science and technology and decent employment opportunities are important elements for effective poverty eradication and the advancement and empowerment of women,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 2007, para. 10
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- Recognizing that population and development issues, education and training, health, nutrition, the environment, water supply, sanitation, housing, communications, science and technology, and employment opportunities are important elements for effective poverty eradication and the advancement and empowerment of women,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 2005, para. 8
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- Recognizing also that population and development issues, education and training, health, nutrition, the environment, water supply, sanitation, housing, communications, science and technology, and employment opportunities are important elements for effective poverty eradication and the advancement and empowerment of women,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2005
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 2003, para. 7
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- Recognizing that population and development issues, education and training, health, nutrition, the environment, water supply, sanitation, housing, communications, science and technology, and employment opportunities are important elements for effective poverty eradication and the advancement and empowerment of women,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 2001, para. 7
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- Recognizing that population and development issues, education and training, health, nutrition, the environment, water supply, sanitation, housing, communications, science and technology and employment opportunities are important elements for effective poverty eradication and the advancement and empowerment of women,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2001
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Women in development 1999, para. 8
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- Recognizing also that population and development issues, education and training, health, nutrition, the environment, water supply, sanitation, housing, communications, science and technology and employment opportunities are important elements for effective poverty eradication and the advancement and empowerment of women,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Fertility, reproductive health and development 2011, para. 24
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- Welcoming the Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, undertaken by a broad coalition of partners, in support of national plans and strategies, in order to significantly reduce the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths as a matter of immediate concern by scaling up a priority package of high-impact interventions and integrating efforts in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, water and sanitation, poverty reduction and nutrition, and welcoming also the various national, regional and international initiatives on all the Millennium Development Goals, including those undertaken bilaterally and through South-South cooperation, in support of national plans and strategies in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, energy, water and sanitation, poverty reduction and nutrition as a way to reduce the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Women
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 7
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- Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Goal 6 on ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, which comprises important targets relating to the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation as well as hygiene, and acknowledges the need for an integrated approach to Goal 6 that reflects the interlinkages between achieving access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, while also striving to improve the quality and safety of water, to reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity and to ensure attention to the needs of women and girls,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas 2015, para. 7
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- Expressing concern that rural women continue to be economically and socially disadvantaged because of their limited access to economic resources and opportunities, their limited or lack of access to quality education, health-care services, justice, land, water and sanitation and other resources, as well as to credit, extension services and agricultural inputs, and expressing concern also about their exclusion from planning and decision-making and their disproportionate burden of unpaid care work,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula 2014, para. 15
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- Recognizing the Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, undertaken by a broad coalition of partners, in support of national plans and strategies aimed at significantly reducing the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths and disabilities as a matter of immediate concern by scaling up a priority package of high-impact interventions and integrating efforts in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, water and sanitation, poverty eradication and nutrition,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2012, para. 12
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- Recognizing the Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, undertaken by a broad coalition of partners, in support of national plans and strategies aimed at significantly reducing the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths and disabilities as a matter of immediate concern by scaling up a priority package of high-impact interventions and integrating efforts in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, water and sanitation, poverty eradication and nutrition,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2010, para. 13
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- Welcoming further the Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, undertaken by a broad coalition of partners, in support of national plans and strategies aimed at significantly reducing the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths as a matter of immediate concern by scaling up a priority package of high-impact interventions and integrating efforts in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, water and sanitation, poverty reduction and nutrition,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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