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Additionally, the Committee is concerned that lack of privacy

For example, if gender norms reinforce early pregnancy, there may be lack of awareness of girls’ rights to education and equality among family members and of the health risks of pregnancy for young adolescents; lack of positive leadership by community elders, local teachers and political leaders regarding gender roles; lack of education regarding women’s rights and gender equality in

Family planning includes pre-marital and genetic issues

The State party also referred to the adoption of new legislation, including the Equal Treatment Act CXXV of 2003, adopted on 22 December 2003, which

These new measures include, among others, the provision of antiretroviral therapy to all patients with tuberculosis/HIV coinfection with a CD4 count below 350 cells/mm3; the provision of antiretroviral therapy to all infants under one year of age with confirmed HIV status; the

Direct discrimination based on sex also includes sexual harassment or

As regards calculation of time actually worked, for purposes of application of those coefficients no account is taken of absence from work other than absences on medical grounds in respect of ordinary or occupational disease, accident - work- or non-workrelated - suspension of the

The accommodation of women prisoners shall have facilities and materials required to meet women’s specific hygiene needs, including sanitary towels provided free of charge and a regular supply of water to be made available for the personal care

In this regard, the State party should amend

In the context of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity … obligations require States (a) to refrain from taking actions that would obstruct women’s access to the health-care services they need or to the underlying determinants of health (duty to respect), (b) to take

The anti-discrimination law governs the implementation and compliance with the principle of equality on the grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, political,

At the same time, a nutritional study in 2000

In this regard, the region can offer its experience in programmes for

Prison health services shall provide or facilitate specialized treatment programmes designed for women substance abusers, taking

In this connection, we also urge UN Member States to reaffirm their commitment to achieving the MDG target on universal access to reproductive health, which includes, based on the concept of informed choice, the availability of accessible, affordable, appropriate and high-quality reproductive health services, particularly in the context of primary health care; appropriate education and information on sexual and reproductive health, including family planning; focused and effective prenatal care; maternal nutrition programs; control of infectious diseases; adequate delivery assistance that avoids excessive recourse to Caesarean sections, episiotomy, administration of oxytocin, and other medical procedures, and

The Committee recommends that the State party take all measures to render the Act, once adopted, applicable in all administrative and judicial proceedings and launch awareness-raising programmes and trainings for all professional working with and for children so as to offer children greater respect for their privacy and

The Commission urged Governments to protect and promote full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms regardless of age and marital status, including by eliminating all forms of discrimination against girls and women, and stressed the need to strengthen health systems and ensure that they prioritized universal access to sexual and reproductive information and health-care services, including family planning, prenatal care, safe delivery and post-natal care, in order to eliminate preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and to take action at all levels to address the interlinked root

The Labour Law prohibits direct and indirect discrimination of persons seeking employment, as well as those employed,

Over the past years, the expenses for de-sexing operations for community volunteers in the

Although the spokesman for Al-Shabaab, Ali Mohamud Raghe, publicly denied responsibility for the blast, the Monitoring Group has listened to online forums at which Shabaab leaders have claimed the suicide attack as a victory, and informed participants that the bomber’s wife, who

17.4 Under the Offence Against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212), any person

Already houvi talk that kills even her mother is pure poison, which kills a child or if you like "fetus"'ve heard, but also with a bit of luck along vai mother, well, for those who kill,

With regard to humanitarian activities and efforts led by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP), the provision by WFP of 125,000 monthly general feeding rations to Western Saharan refugees continued, along with school