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Commodities (2014), para. 13
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- Recognizing the adverse impact of excessive price volatility of commodities, especially on women and girls,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Commodities (2016), para. 20
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- Recognizing the adverse impact of excessive price volatility of commodities, especially on women and girls,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2017), para. 12
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- Deeply concerned about discrimination against women and girls and the violation and abuse of their human rights, which often result in reduced access to education and nutrition, compromising their physical and mental he alth and well- being and their enjoyment of the rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence compared with boys, and often in their being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and to violence and harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage, which can increase the risk of obstetric fistula,
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Commodities (2018), para. 22
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- Recognizing the adverse impact of excessive price volatility of commodities, especially on women, girls and young people,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Commodities (2020), para. 21
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- Recognizing the adverse impact of excessive price volatility of commodities, especially on women, girls, young people and people in vulnerable situations,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all (2002), para. 09
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- Acknowledging the activities undertaken at the national and regional levels for the Education for All 2000 assessment of progress towards achieving the goals of education for all, and stressing further the need to redouble efforts in order to meet the basic needs of people of all age groups, in particular girls and women,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2010), para. 31
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- 13. Reaffirms that States have an obligation to exercise due diligence to prevent violence against women and girls, provide protection to the victims and investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of violence against women and girls, and that failure to do so violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, calls upon Governments to elaborate and implement laws and strategies to eliminate violence against women and girls, encourages and supports men and boys in taking an active part in the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence, encourages increased understanding among men and boys of how violence harms girls, boys, women and men and undermines gender equality, encourages all actors to speak out against any violence against women, and in this regard welcomes the Secretary-General’s campaign “UNiTE to End Violence against Women” and the United Nations Development Fund for Women social mobilization and advocacy platform “Say NO to violence against women”;
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls (2017), para. 11
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- Recognizing that violence against women and girls is rooted in historical and structural inequality in power relations between women and men, which further reinforce gender stereotypes and barriers to women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of their human rights, and that all forms of violence against women and girls constitute a major impediment to their full, equal and effective participation in society, the economy and political and individual decision-making, as well as in leadership roles, hindering them from the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms on the basis of equality with men,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- 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. 12
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- Emphasizing the importance and the need that States take measures to protect all women and girls from discrimination and violence in the context of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and to ensure their meaningful participation in decision-making at all levels,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Women in development (2020), para. 04
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- Welcoming and recalling the commitments made in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, including through the Sustainable Development Goal to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls and the commitments to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls made across the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2020), para. 18
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- Reaffirming that gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls will make a crucial contribution to progress across all the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, and that the achievement of full human potential and sustainable development is not possible if one half of humanity continues to be denied full human rights and opportunities,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2016), para. 38
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- 16. Requests the entities of the United Nations system to systematically and strategically incorporate the outcomes of the Commission on the Stat us of Women into their work, within their mandates, and, inter alia, to ensure effective support for the efforts of Member States towards the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and in this regard encourages UN -Women to continue to use concrete results-based reporting mechanisms and to ensure coherence, consistency and coordination between the normative and operational aspects of its work;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2014), para. 65
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- 31. Urges all States and the international community to respect, promote and protect the rights of the girl child, taking into account the particular vulnerabilities of the girl child in pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict situations and in natural disasters, as well as in other humanitarian emergencies, all of which may result in the creation of child-headed households, and further urges States to take special measures for the protection of girls in all phases of humanitarian emergencies, from relief to recovery, and in particular to protect them from sexually transmitted infections, including HIV infection, gender-based violence, including rape, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, torture, abduction, trafficking and forced labour, paying special attention to refugee and displaced girls, and to take into account their special needs in disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation assistance and reintegration processes;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula (2017), para. 25
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- 6. Further calls upon States to ensure the right to education of good quality for women and girls, on an equal basis with men and boys, and to ensure that they complete a full course of primary education, and to renew their efforts to improve and expand girls’ and women’s education at all levels, including at the secondary and higher levels, including age-appropriate sex education, as well as vocational education and technical training, in order to, inter alia, achieve gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls and poverty eradication;
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development (2020), para. 52
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- 13. Underlines that addressing barriers to equal access for women and girls to science, technology and innovation requires a systematic, comprehensive, integrated, sustainable, multidisciplinary and multisectoral approach, and in this regard urges Member States to mainstream a gender perspective in legislation, policies and programmes, and encourages efforts to mentor, attract and retain women and girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and research and to support women in leveraging science and technology for entrepreneurship and economic empowerment in the changing world of work;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2008), para. 14
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- 4. Calls upon States to take all necessary measures to ensure the right of women and girls to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, and develop sustainable health systems and social services, with a view to ensuring access to such systems and services without discrimination, while paying special attention to adequate food and nutrition, family planning information, increasing knowledge and awareness and securing appropriate prenatal and post-natal care for the prevention of obstetric fistula;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (2019), para. 19
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- 10. Invites the United Nations system, including funds, programmes and specialized agencies, regional commissions and relevant envoys of the Secretary- General, to participate in the high-level meeting of the General Assembly, as appropriate, and urges them to consider initiatives in support of the preparatory process and the high-level meeting of the Assembly, particularly with regard to sharing good practices, challenges, lessons learned and urgent actions that need to be taken for the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (2018), para. 34
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- (q) Promoting the rights of women and girls with disabilities in rural areas, including by ensuring access on an equal basis to productive employment and decent work, economic and financial resources and disability-sensitive infrastructure and services, in particular in relation to health and education, as well as by ensuring that their priorities and needs are fully incorporated into policies and programme s, through, inter alia, their participation in decision-making processes;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2006), para. 21
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- (c) Respect for the rule of law, including legislation, and continued efforts to repeal laws and eradicate policies and practices that discriminate against women and girls, and to adopt laws and promote practices that protect their rights and promote gender equality;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Burundi (2019), para. 25
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- 6. Expresses particular concern at accounts of sexual violence, including rape and gang rape of women and girls for purposes such as intimidation or punishment, associated with perceived political affiliation, as well as sexual violence against men, including genital torture;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Development cooperation with middle-income countries (2018), para. 24
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- Reaffirming that achieving gender equality, empowering all women and girls, and the full realization of their human rights are essential to achieving sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth and sustainable development, and in that regard reiterating the need for gender mainstreaming, including targeted actions and investments in the formulation and implementation of all financial, economic, environmental and social policies,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2017), para. 28
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- 7. Urges States to ensure that the protection and provision of support to women and girls subject to, or at risk of, female genital mutilation are an integral part of policies and programmes that address the practice, and to provide women and girls with coordinated, specialized, accessible and quality multisectoral prevention and response, including education, as well as legal, psychological, health-care and social services, provided by qualified personnel, consistent with the guidelines of medical ethics;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2019), para. 24
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- (b) To ensure that their international obligations on gender equality and non- discrimination are incorporated at all levels of legal frameworks, policies and practices, including in relation to women’s and girls’ access to justice, redress and effective remedies;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation (2018), para. 05
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- Recalling also General Assembly resolution 71/168 of 19 December 2016, on intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation, and all other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on the Status of Women and the Human Rights Council on measures to eliminate traditional practices that are detrimental to the rights of women and girls,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in prevention (2010), para. 18
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- 5. Urges States to adopt and implement policies and programmes that enable women to avoid and escape situations of violence and prevent its recurrence, and that provide, inter alia, financial support and affordable access to safe housing or shelters, childcare and other social supports, legal assistance, skills training and productive resources, and to make these services accessible to women and girls with disabilities;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2018), para. 23
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- 4. Expresses particular concern at the abuses and violations perpetrated against girls and women, including sexual and gender-based violence, child, early and forced marriage and all forms of female genital mutilation;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2018), para. 67
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- 42. Strongly calls upon States and the international community to create an environment in which the well-being of the girl child is ensured, inter alia, by cooperating, supporting and participating in global efforts towards the full and timely realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development 6 and of all other relevant internationally agreed development goals, in particular for the eradication of poverty at the global, regional and country levels, recognizing that strengthened availability and effective allocation of resources are required at all levels in this regard, and reaffirming that investment in children, particularly girls, and the realization of their rights are among the most effective ways to eradicate poverty;
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of discrimination against women (2014), para. 10
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- Bearing in mind the challenges still faced by all countries throughout the world to overcome inequality between men and women, and the need to intensify efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls throughout the world,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: situation of women and girls with disabilities (2018), para. 19
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- Acknowledging the importance of taking measures to raise awareness of the rights of women and girls with disabilities in order to eliminate stereotypes, prejudices and violence, including harmful practices which seriously violate and impair or nullify the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by women and girls with disabilities and which constitute a major impediment to their full, equal and effective participation in society, the economy and political decision - making,
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Women in development (2018), para. 68
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- 41. Also recognizes the special needs of women and girls living in areas affected by complex humanitarian emergencies and in areas affected by terrorism, and that global health threats, climate change, more frequent and intense natural disasters, conflicts, violent extremism, as and when conducive to terrorism, an d related humanitarian crises and the forced displacement of people threaten to reverse much of the development progress made in recent decades and have particular negative impacts on women and girls that need to be comprehensively assessed and addressed;
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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