Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: sexual harassment 2/3

1. Strongly condemns all forms of violence against all women and girls, including sexual harassment, recognizing that it is an impediment to the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and to the full realization of their human rights;   2. Acknowledges that sexual harassment is a form of violence and a violation and abuse of human rights that is likely...

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Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: sexual harassment 1/3

 The General Assembly,  Recalling its resolutions 61/143 of 19 December 2006, 62/133 of 18 December 2007, 63/155 of 18 December 2008, 64/137 of 18 December 2009, 65/187 of 21 December 2010, 67/144 of 20 December 2012, 69/147 of 18 December 2014 and all its previous resolutions on the elimination of violence against women, as well as its resolution 71/170 of 19 December 2016 on the intensification...

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Language Has Political Power - Terms of Reference for CSW

LANGUAGE EQUALS POWER Language is not just semantics. It has political power. And, ultimately, language agreed within the UN by governments can influence and often lead to programs and policies on the grou...

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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 20/20

228. The information gathered by the IACHR through its different human rights protection and promotion mechanisms corroborates that indigenous women have faced and continue to confront multiple forms of discrimination based on their gender, ethnicity, and situation of poverty, which heightens their exposure to human rights violations in different contexts. In this report, the Commission provides an analysis...

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Economic, Social, and Cultural Dimensions of Indigenous Women’s Rights 19 /20

  Chapter 6 C. Conclusions 226. International and inter-American instruments provide for a wide array of economic, social and cultural rights, which are understood as indivisible and interdependent with civil and political rights. However, indigenous peoples, as compared to the rest of the population, continue to endure higher rates of poverty and lack of access to basic services, education, and health...

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Indigenous Women’s Cultural Rights 18/20

219. According to the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights, cultural rights are meant to “protect the rights of each person, individually and in community with others, as well as groups of people, to develop and express their humanity, their world view and the meanings they assign to human existence and development through, inter alia, values, beliefs, convictions, languages, knowledge and the arts,...

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Poverty and obstacles to earning a decent and good quality living 17/20

Chapter 6-4 213. Indigenous peoples in the Americas endure lower levels of economic and social development as compared to the non-indigenous population. Indigenous women are usually the most affected, inasmuch as they generally have less access to education and employment than indigenous men. According to the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the basic needs of 23.5% of indigenous...

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Food and Access to Water 16/20

Chapter 6-3 207. Compared to the rest of the population, indigenous peoples have greater difficulty accessing adequate food and drinking water. This is the result of the situation of poverty they tend to live in as well as a historical disregard for their rights to control over their lands and natural resources, among other factors. As was held by the Inter-American Court in the judgment of the case...

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In Honor Of Women

The Women Who Walk Miles To Feed Their Families Thank You Women Who Love When No Love Is Returned Thank You Women Who Dance The Stories Of The Ancients Thank You Women Who Loose Their Children And Keep On Going Thank You Women Who Speak Their Truth To Educate Others Thank You Women Of Beauty Who Know Their Power Is To Share Thank You Women Who Mother When  Mothering Is Called Upon For Healing Thank...

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