Resolution 62-136-Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

Abstract
This document presents Resolution 62-136 on the improvement of the status of women in rural areas, adopted by the General Assembly at the Sixty-second Session. The General Assembly invites Member States to make efforts to improve the situation of rural women by integrating the gender dimension in development strategies at the national level; Regional and international levels through a variety of means, including increased cooperation and active concern for gender equality, rural women's participation in macroeconomic policy implementation and monitoring, political and socio- Economic empowerment of rural women and promoting consultation and participation of rural women in the formulation and implementation of gender and rural development programs and strategies, taking appropriate measures to eliminate all forms of Discrimination against rural women and mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development policies and programs, including fiscal policies, women's basic and health needs And the design and implementation of national policies for the promotion and protection of Rural women and girls of all human rights and freedoms and create an environment that does not tolerate violations of their rights, including domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in all its forms
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Document Type
Conventions and sharts
Source
United Nations
Keywords :
​Rural Women // Human Rights//Women Rights //Discrimination against women //Gender based violence //Economic Violence //Political Violence // Domestic violence//Participation of rural women in the decision-making // Gender equality//discrimination in land rights// Resolution//Convention//