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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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- 5. Underscores that States have the primary responsibility for protecting women and girls facing violence and, in this regard, urges States:
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2019), para. 15
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- 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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- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- 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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- 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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Trafficking in women and girls (2019), para. 27
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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
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2010), para. 09
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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
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- 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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- 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
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Equal pay (2019), para. 02
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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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Afghanistan (1997), para. 12
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- 6. Deeply deplores the grave deterioration of the human rights of women noted by the Special Rapporteur in his report, and urges the Afghan authorities immediately to restore respect for all human rights of women, including the right of women to work and the right of girls to education without discrimination, and calls upon Afghanistan to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, to which it is a signatory;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2016), para. 55
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- 33. Invites States to promote initiatives aimed at reducing the prices of antiretroviral drugs, especially second-line drugs, available to the girl child, including bilateral and private sector initiatives as well as initiatives on a voluntary basis taken by groups of States, including those based on innovative financing mechanisms that contribute to the mobilization of resources for social development, including those that aim to provide further access to drugs at affordable prices to developing countries on a sustainable and predict able basis, and in this regard takes note of the International Drug Purchase Facility, UNITAID;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2019), para. 30
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- 9. Urges multilateral donors, international financial institutions and regional development banks in the public and private sectors, within their respective mandates, to review and implement policies to support national efforts and institutional capacity-building to end obstetric fistula and to ensure that a higher proportion of resources reach young women and girls, in particular in rural and remote areas and the poorest urban areas, as well as to ensure that needed funding is increased, predictable and sustained;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for (2001), para. 87
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- 14. Denounces the continuing discrimination against girls and women as well as ethnic and religious groups, including minorities, and other violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Afghanistan, notably in areas under the control of the Taliban, notes with deep concern their adverse effects on international relief and reconstruction programmes in Afghanistan, and calls upon all parties within Afghanistan to respect fully the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion, in accordance with international human rights instruments, inter alia, the International Covenants on Human Rights, 6 and to refrain from all attempts to single out minorities;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2018), para. 47
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- 22. Urges States to take all measures necessary to ensure the full enjoyment by girls with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, on an equal basis with other children, and to adopt, implement and strengthen appropriate policies and programmes designed to address their needs;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Women in development (2014), para. 15
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- Recognizing that unremunerated work, including domestic and care work, plays an essential role in improving well-being in the household and in the functioning of the economy as a whole, and acknowledging the need to recognize and consider, where appropriate, policies and programmes that would contribute to reducing the unequal burden of unremunerated work, including care work, for which women and girls continue to carry an unequal level of responsibility,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights and extreme poverty (2011), para. 23
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- 7. Also reaffirms the commitment made at the 2005 World Summit to eradicate poverty and promote sustained economic growth, sustainable development and global prosperity for all, including women and girls; 14 8. Further reaffirms the commitment made at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals to accelerating progress in order to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; 15
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2008), para. 23
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- 1. Stresses the need for full and urgent implementation of the rights of the girl child as provided to her under human rights instruments, and urges States to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1 0H and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 2 1H as a matter of priority;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Urban Agenda (2017), para. 193
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- 156. We will promote the development of national information and communications technology policies and e-government strategies, as well as citizen-centric digital governance tools, tapping into technological innovations, including capacity development programmes, in order to make information and communications technologies accessible to the public, including women and girls, children and youth, persons with disabilities, older persons and persons in vulnerable situations, to enable them to develop and exercise civic responsibility, broadening participation and fostering responsible governance, as well as increasing efficiency. The use of digital platforms and tools, including geospatial information systems, will be encouraged to improve long-term integrated urban and territorial planning and design, land administration and management, and access to urban and metropolitan services.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Rights of the child (2016), para. 032
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- 9. Urges all States to respect, protect and promote the right of girls and boys to express themselves freely, and their right to be heard, to ensure that their views are given due weight, in accordance with their age and maturity, in all matters affecting them, and to involve children, including children with special needs, in decision-making processes, taking into account the evolving capacities of children and the importance of involving children’s organizations and child -led initiatives;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation (2018), para. 28
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- 4. Urges States to ensure the national implementation of international and regional obligations that they have undertaken under the various international instruments that protect the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2000), para. 27
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- 17. Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the needs and the rights of the girl child are integrated into the preparatory work for the special session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the World Summit for Children in 2001, inter alia, by providing the General Assembly with a comprehensive report drawing on the experiences and outcomes of the five-year reviews of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women and the World Summit for Social Development, and the World Education Forum.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Trafficking in women and girls (2017), para. 20
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- Recognizing also the need to address the impact of globalization on the particular problem of trafficking in women and children, in particular girls,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (2016), para. 04
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- Taking note of the provisions pertaining to women and girls in rural areas contained in the outcome documents of relevant international conferences and summits, in particular the Beijing Declaration 6 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” 8 and the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 9 and recalling other instruments, as appropriate, such as the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development, 10 Welcoming the adoption of the outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, 11 and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 12
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2000), para. 20
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- 11. Requests all human rights treaty bodies, special procedures and other human rights mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights and its Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 7 to adopt regularly and systematically a gender perspective in the implementation of their mandates and to include in their reports information on the qualitative analysis of violations of the human rights of women and girls, and encourages the strengthening of cooperation and coordination in that regard;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of human rights in Afghanistan (2002), para. 41
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- 13. Calls upon all Afghan parties to respect fully the equal human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls in accordance with international human rights law and, in particular, consistent with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to bring to an end, without delay, all violations of the human rights of women and girls and to take urgent measures to ensure:
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Women in development (2020), para. 35
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- 7. Stresses the importance of the creation by Governments, international organizations, including the United Nations, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, trade unions and other stakeholders of a favourable and conducive national and international environment in all areas of life for the effective integration of women and girls in development, and of their undertaking and disseminating a gender analysis of legislation, policies and programmes related to macroeconomic stability, structural reform, taxation, investments, including foreign direct investment, and all relevant sectors of the economy;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Trafficking in women and girls (2019), para. 10
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- Recognizing the importance of a revitalized global partnership to ensure the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, including the implementation of the goals and targets related to ending violence against women and girls and human trafficking, and in this regard taking note with appreciation of Alliance 8.7 and of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Trafficking in women and girls (2003), para. 07
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- Reaffirming the outcomes and commitments pertaining to trafficking in women and girls of recent United Nations conferences and summits, including the World Conference on Human Rights, 14 the International Conference on Population and Development, 15 the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women 17 and the special session of the General Assembly on children 18 and their follow-up processes,
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human resources development (2002), para. 33
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- 13. Further encourages the United Nations system to focus in its cooperation activities on building human and institutional capacity, with specific attention given to women, girls and vulnerable groups;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2008), para. 30
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- 11. Urges multilateral donors, and invites international financial institutions, within their respective mandates, and regional development banks to review and implement policies to support national efforts to ensure that a higher proportion of resources reaches young women and girls, in particular in rural and remote areas;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2008), para. 27
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- 5. Urges all Governments and the United Nations system to strengthen efforts bilaterally and with international organizations and private sector donors in order to achieve the goals of the World Education Forum, 15 3H in particular that of eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005, which have not been fully met, and to implement the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative as a means of reaching this goal, and calls for the implementation of and reaffirms the commitments contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 20F 21 particularly those related to education;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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