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25 de mar. de 2024 · Violence against women – particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence – is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights. Estimates published by WHO indicate that globally about 1 in 3 (30%) of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.
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11 de mar. de 2023 · Women's health. Being a man or a woman has a significant impact on health, as a result of both biological and gender-related differences. The health of women and girls is of particular concern because, in many societies, they are disadvantaged by discrimination rooted in sociocultural factors. For example, women and girls face increased ...
La igualdad de género figura en lugar prominente entre los principios de derechos humanos y los valores de las Naciones Unidas. La igualdad y la no discriminación son principios esenciales de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, aprobada en 1945 por los dirigentes del mundo. Sin embargo, en el mundo entero millones de mujeres y miembros del ...
Un estereotipo de género es una visión generalizada o una idea preconcebida sobre los atributos o las características, o los papeles que poseen o deberían poseer o desempeñar las mujeres y los hombres.Un estereotipo de género es perjudicial cuando limita la capacidad de las mujeres y los hombres para desarrollar sus capacidades personales, seguir sus carreras profesionales y/o tomar ...
women in governmental delegations have been small, women’s organizations and movements have played an important role in bringing the views of women into the United Nations.6 Women’s movements have been pivotal not only for mainstreaming women’s rights and gender issues in general but also for promoting the
8 de mar. de 2021 · Farsi GENEVA (8 March 2021) – Women and girls continue to be treated as second class citizens in Iran, a UN expert says in a report to the Human Rights Council, citing domestic violence, thousands of marriages of girls aged between 10 and 14 each year and continuing entrenched discrimination in law and practice.
Entry into force: 3 September 1981, in accordance with article 27(1).IntroductionOn 18 December 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It entered into force as an international treaty on 3 September 1981 after the twentieth country had ratified it. By the tenth anniversary of the Convention in ...
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson - 52, rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva (Switzerland) Mailing address: UNOG-OHCHR 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneve 10, Switzerland Email ...
Heightened gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict zones. Conflict can result in higher levels of gender-based violence against women and girls, including arbitrary killings, torture, sexual violence and forced marriage. Women and girls are primarily and increasingly targeted by the use of sexual violence, including as a tactic of war.
