Rights of Women and
the Girl-Child
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| (1) Convention on the Political Rights of women |
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| (2) Convention on the Nationality of Married Women | |
| (3) Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum age & and Registration of Marriages | |
| (4) Global Action for Women Towards Sustainable and Equitable Development Programme (Agenda 21, Article 24) | |
| (5) Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against women |
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| (6) Convention on the Rights of the Child |
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| FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) | |
| (7) Estimated % of women | 60 |
| (8) Estimated no. of women (in millions) | 1.9 |
| (9) Govt. has Published policy opposing FGM | YES |
| (10) FGM PROHIBITED UNDER | |
| (11) Specific FGM Law | NO |
| (12) Medical Code of Practice | NO |
Data Sources (1) Human Development Report 1998, pages 211 - 213 (2) International Legal Instruments Relevant to Women - ACW, pages 60 - 68 (3) International Legal Instruments Relevant to Women - ACW, pages 60 - 68 (4) International Legal Instruments Relevant to Women - ACW, pages 60 - 68 (5) Human Development Report 1998, pages 211 - 213 (6) Human Development Report 1998, pages 211 - 213 (7) UNICEF - The progress of Nations, 1996, page 7 (8) UNICEF - The progress of Nations, 1996, page 7 (9) UNICEF - The progress of Nations, 1996, page 7 (10) UNICEF - The progress of Nations, 1996, page 7 (11) UNICEF - The progress of Nations, 1996, page 7 (12) UNICEF - The progress of Nations, 1996, page 7 |
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