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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2017), para. 21
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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 female genital mutilation, expresses concern at the abuses and violations committed against children, including the unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers and children in armed conflict, killing and maiming, rape and other sexual and gender- based violence, and abductions, and emphasizes the need for accountability and justice for all such violations and abuses;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2017), para. 10
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- Reaffirming that female genital mutilation is a harmful practice, constituting a serious threat to the health of women and girls, including their physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health, increasing their vulnerability to HIV, as well as hepatitis A and B, and possibly having adverse obstetric and prenatal outcomes, as well as fatal consequences for the mother and the newborn, and that the elimination of this harmful practice can be achieved as a result of a comprehensive movement that involves all public and private stakeholders in society, including girls and boys, women and men,
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Infants
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (2020), para. 36
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- (q) Eliminating all forms of violence against rural women and girls in public and private spaces through multisectoral and coordinated approaches to prevent and respond to violence against rural women and girls, to investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of violence against rural women and girls and end impunity and to provide protection as well as equal access to comprehensive social, health and legal services for all victims and survivors to support their full recovery and reintegration into society, including by providing access to psychosocial support and rehabilitation, and bearing in mind the importance of all women a nd girls living free from violence, such as gender-related killings, including femicide, and harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation, as well as of addressing the structural and underlying causes of violenc e against women and girls through enhanced prevention measures, research and strengthened coordination and monitoring and evaluation, by, inter alia, encouraging awareness - raising activities;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2019), para. 37
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- 16. Calls upon the international community, the relevant United Nations entities and civil society and international financial institutions to continue to actively support, through the allocation of increased financial resources and technical assistance, targeted comprehensive programmes that address the needs and priorities of women and girls at risk of or subjected to female genital mutilation;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (2019), para. 31
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- (e) To pay special attention to the specific situation of displaced women and girls and to take action to effectively address pre-existing patterns and structures of gender-based discrimination and inequalities, such as lack of access to education and information, lack of access to legal aid, laws and practices that discriminate against women’s and girls’ claims to housing, land and property, lack of access to decent work, lack of access to social protection and to available, accessible, acceptable and good quality health-care services, including sexual and reproductive health-care services, harmful practices, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation, and the barriers that socioeconomic and security concerns may present to women’s and girls’ enjoyment of their right to full, effective and meaningful participation in decisions that affect them;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2015), para. 21
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- 2. Calls upon States to place a stronger focus on the development of comprehensive prevention strategies, including the enhancement of educational campaigns, awareness-raising and formal, non-formal and informal education and training in order to promote the direct engagement of girls and boys, women and men and to ensure that all key actors, Government officials, including law enforcement and judicial personnel, immigration officials, health-care providers, civil society, community and religious leaders, teachers, employers, media professionals and those directly working with girls, as well as parents, families and communities, work to eliminate attitudes and harmful practices, in particular all forms of female genital mutilations, that negatively affect women and girls;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Families
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings (2017), para. 22
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- 2. Calls upon States, with the participation of relevant stakeholders, including girls, women, religious and community leaders, civil society and human rights groups, humanitarian actors, men and boys, and youth organizations, to develop and implement holistic, comprehensive and coordinated responses, strategies and policies to prevent, respond to and eliminate child, early and forced marriage, including in humanitarian settings, and to support already married girls, adolescents and women, including through the strengthening of child protection systems, protection mechanisms, such as safe shelters, access to justice and legal remedies, and the sharing of best practices across borders, in full compliance with international human rights obligations and commitments;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2014), para. 32
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- Stressing the need for the international community, the relevant United Nations entities, the specialized agencies, civil society and international financial institutions to continue to actively support, through the allocation of enhanced financial resources and technical assistance, targeted comprehensive programmes that address the needs and priorities of child-headed households and women and girls at risk of or subjected to child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2015), para. 37
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- 18. Calls upon the international community, the relevant United Nations entities and civil society and international financial institutions to continue to actively support, through the allocation of increased financial resources and technical assistance, targeted comprehensive programmes that address the needs and priorities of women and girls at risk of or subjected to female genital mutilations;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2014), para. 28
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- Deeply concerned further about discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education, and to quality education, nutrition, including food allocation, and physical and mental health-care services, in girls enjoying fewer of the rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys, and in leaving them more vulnerable than boys to the consequences of unprotected and premature sexual relations and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and violence, abuse, rape, incest, honour-related crimes and harmful practices, such as female infanticide, child, early and forced marriage, prenatal sex selection and female genital mutilation,
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2008), para. 24
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- (g) To bring obstetric fistula to the attention of policymakers and communities, thereby reducing the stigma and discrimination associated with it and helping women and girls suffering from obstetric fistula so that they can overcome abandonment and social exclusion together with the psychosocial implications thereof, inter alia, through support of social reintegration projects;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2015), para. 40
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- 21. Encourages men and boys to take positive initiatives and to work in partnership with women and girls to combat violence and discriminatory practices against women and girls, in particular female genital mutilations, through networks, peer programmes, information campaigns and training programmes;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation (2018), para. 23
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- Reaffirming the obligations and commitments of States to respect, protect and promote the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls and to prevent and eliminate the practice of female genital mutilation,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 43
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- 15. Urges Governments to take measures to support girls and women who have been subjected to child, early and forced marriage, and calls upon States and all relevant actors to strengthen, inter alia, the development, enactment, implementation and monitoring of relevant legislation and protection mechanisms, such as safe shelters, counselling and other support services, as well as programmes focusing on, inter alia, education, health, livelihood, autonomy and decision-making that support the empowerment of girls and women who have been subjected to child, early and forced marriage;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation (2018), para. 11
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- Recognizing that female genital mutilation and all other harmful practices are mainly motivated by gender inequality and patriarchal social norms that jeopardize the recognition, enjoyment and exercise of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls, and that harmful practices constitute a human rights violation and a form of violence against women and children,
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 31
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- 3. Also urges States to enact, enforce, harmonize and uphold laws and policies aimed at preventing, responding to and eliminating child, early and forced marriage, protecting those at risk, including in humanitarian settings, and supporting women and girls subjected to child, early and forced marriage, and to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the informed, free and full consent of the intending spouses and that women have equality with men in all matters pertaining to marriage, divorce, child custody and the economic consequences of marriage and its dissolution;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation (2018), para. 12
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- Recognizing also that harmful practices such as female genital mutilation are an impediment to the full realization of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls and the development of their full potential as equal partners with men and boys, as well as the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 29
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- 1. Recognizes that child, early and forced marriage constitutes a violation, abuse or impairment of human rights and a harmful practice that prevents individuals from living their lives free from all forms of discrimination and violence, and that it has wide-ranging and adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights, the right to education and the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including the right to sexual and reproductive health, and that every girl and woman at risk of or affected by these practices must have equal access to quality education, counselling, shelter and other social services, psychological, sexual and reproductive health-care services and medical care;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 50
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- 22. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit, to the Human Rights Council at its forty-seventh session, a written report, with input from all relevant stakeholders, on progress, gaps and challenges in addressing child, early and forced marriage, and measures to ensure accountability at the community and national levels, including for women and girls at risk of and those subjected to this harmful practice and to provide an oral update thereon to the Council at its forty-fourth session;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2019), para. 09
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- Recognizing that female genital mutilation constitutes irreparable, irreversible harm and an act of violence against women and girls that impair s and undermines the enjoyment of their human rights, and recognizing also that it affects many women and girls who are at risk of being subjected to the practice throughout the world, which is an impediment to the full achievement of gender equality and t he empowerment of women and girls,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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New Urban Agenda (2017), para. 064
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- 39. We commit ourselves to promoting a safe, healthy, inclusive and secure environment in cities and human settlements enabling all to live, work and participate in urban life without fear of violence and intimidation, taking into consideration that women and girls, children and youth, and persons in vulnerable situations are often particularly affected. We will also work towards the elimination of harmful practices against women and girls, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Child, early and forced marriage (2017), para. 11
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- Recognizing that child, early and forced marriage is a harmful practice that violates, abuses or impairs human rights and is linked to and perpetuates other harmful practices and human rights violations and that such violations have a disproportionately negative impact on women and girls, and underscoring the human rights obligations and commitments of States to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls and to prevent and eliminate the practice of child, early and forced marriage,
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2013), para. 09
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- Reaffirming that female genital mutilations are a harmful practice that constitutes a serious threat to the health of women and girls, including their psychological, sexual and reproductive health, which can increase their vulnerability to HIV and may have adverse obstetric and prenatal outcomes as well as fatal consequences for the mother and the newborn, and that the abandonment of this harmful practice can be achieved as a result of a comprehensive movement that involves all public and private stakeholders in society, including girls and boys, women and men,
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Infants
- Men
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (2015), para. 44
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- 25. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the World Health Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, individually and collectively, take into account the protection and promotion of the rights of women and girls against female genital mutilations in their country programmes, as appropriate and in accordance with national priorities, in order to further strengthen their efforts in this regard;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls (2002), para. 08
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- Reaffirming that harmful traditional or customary practices, including female genital mutilation, constitute a serious threat to the health of women and girls, and may have fatal consequences,
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2001), para. 20
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- 10. Also urges all States to enact and enforce legislation to protect girls from all forms of violence, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, female genital mutilation, rape, domestic violence, incest, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, child prostitution and child pornography, and to develop age-appropriate safe and confidential programmes and medical, social and psychological support services to assist girls who are subjected to violence;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2010), para. 67
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- 39. Urges States, the international community, the relevant United Nations entities, civil society and international financial institutions to continue to actively support, through the allocation of increased financial resources, targeted innovative programmes that address ending female genital mutilation and developing and providing education programmes, such as the United Nations Population Fund-United Nations Children’s Fund joint programme on accelerating the abandonment of female genital mutilation, and sensitization workshops on the dire consequences of this harmful practice for the health of the girl, and to provide training programmes for those who perform the harmful procedure so that they may adopt an alternative profession;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 11
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- Recognizing also that, in some contexts, the practice of child, early and forced marriage may include informal unions, cohabitation or other arrangements that are not formalized, registered or recognized by a religious, customary or State authority, that such arrangements should be addressed in policies and programmes on child, early and forced marriage, and that the gathering of information and disaggregated data on these arrangements will help to develop responses for affected girls and women,
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 (2016), para. 103
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- 61 (h). Commit to ending all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls, such as gender-based, sexual, domestic and intimate partner violence, by, inter alia, eliminating sexual exploitation of women, girls and boys, trafficking in persons, femicide, abuse, rape in every and in all circumstances and other forms of sexual violence, discriminatory laws and harmful social norms that perpetuate the unequal status of women and girls, as well as harmful practices such as child, early and forced marriage, forced pregnancy, forced sterilization, in particular of women living with HIV, forced and coerced abortion and female genital mutilation, including in conflict, post-conflict and other humanitarian emergencies, as these can have serious and long-lasting impacts on the health and well-being of women and girls throughout the life cycle and increase their vulnerability to HIV;
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2018), para. 19
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- Deeply concerned further that, despite its widespread practice, child, early and forced marriage is still underreported, recognizing that this requires further attention and that child, early and forced marriage exposes the girl child to greater risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections, often leads to premature sexual relations, early pregnancy and early childbearing and increases the risk of obstetric fistula and high levels of maternal mortality and morbidity, and furthermore entails complications during pregnancy and childbirth, which often lead to disability, stillbirth and maternal death, particularly for young women and girls, which require appropriate prenatal and postnatal health-care services for mothers, including in the area of skilled birth attendance and emergency obstetric care, and noting with concern that this reduces girls’ opportunities to complete their education, gain comprehensive knowledge, participate in the community or develop employable skills and is likely to have a long - term adverse impact on their physical and mental health and well-being, their employment opportunities and their quality of life and that of their childr en, and violates and/or impairs the full enjoyment of their human rights,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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