Violence related to harmful practices

To combat harmful traditional practices.

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Combating violence and traditional practices that are harmful to health.

Harmful traditional practices affecting the health of women and the girl child

Harmful traditional practices affecting the health of women and the girl child

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Emphasizing that all harmful traditional practices affect women and girls first and foremost,

None of this is to idealize mercantilist practices, whose harmful effects are easy to see.

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(d) Micro level. Change in the harmful and discriminatory attitudes and practices that perpetuate feminized poverty

(d) Micro level. Change in harmful and discriminatory attitudes and practices that perpetuate violence against women

(d) Micro level. Harmful and discriminatory attitudes and practices that perpetuate gender inequality in governance change

The Government planned to promulgate legislation banning female genital mutilation, abduction and other harmful traditional practices.

The Unit against Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (CPTAFE) runs awareness campaigns on female excision and other degrading practices.

Noting the consideration given by the General Assembly to the issue of harmful traditional and customary practices,

Noting the consideration given by the General Assembly to the issue of harmful traditional and customary practices,

8 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Progress in Identifying and Eliminating Harmful Tax Practices, June 2000.

Lastly, she requested a definition of the harmful traditional practices prohibited by the recently adopted Children's Act 2005.

Psychosocial support and mental health services to women survivors of violence and harmful traditional practices are very limited.

Yet despite these legal provisions, women and girls are still the victims of traditional practices harmful to their self fulfillment.

Female genital mutilation was included among the harmful traditional practices prohibited by the Act but it was not specifically named.

Traditional harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, abduction and early marriage, characterized the lives of various peoples within Ethiopia.

In the area of violence against children, the Criminal Code had been amended to penalize harmful traditional practices against children.

Through these campaigns, competition authorities stimulate a culture of competition and make the public realize how harmful anti competitive practices are.

(d) Micro level. Change in harmful and discriminatory attitudes and practices that perpetuate gender inequality in the context of HIV AIDS

Third, the Government had designed specific programmes to protect children from all forms of exploitation, violence and other harmful traditional practices.

With regard to harmful traditional practices, in order to avoid ambiguity about which practices were illegal it would be best to spell them out in legislation and to provide for enforcement.

Further welcomes the commitment of many States to efforts to combat all harmful traditional practices, and encourages them to intensify their efforts

Communication strategies for addressing harmful practices are likely to be more effective when undertaken in close collaboration with local religious and political leaders.

(k) To promote men's understanding of their roles and responsibilities with regard to promoting the elimination of harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation

Traditional harmful practices hinder equitable access of women and girls to comprehensive and affordable quality primary health care services, in particular reproductive health services.

(b) To combat stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices relating to persons with disabilities, including those based on sex and age, in all areas of life

(e) The fact that the elimination of harmful traditional or customary practices will be considered during the special session of the General Assembly on children

All of the world's religions contain some doctrines and practices that are potentially harmful to the emergence of democracy, and others that are potentially beneficial.

Invites the Special Rapporteur on violence against women to cooperate closely with non governmental organizations working on harmful traditional practices, especially the Inter African Committee

Reaffirming that such harmful traditional or customary practices constitute a definite form of violence against women and girls and a serious violation of their human rights,

Appeals to all States concerned to intensify efforts to develop awareness of and mobilize national public opinion concerning the harmful effects of all forms of harmful traditional practice, in particular through education, information and training, in order to achieve the total eradication of these practices

Reaffirming that harmful traditional or customary practices, including female genital mutilation, constitute a serious threat to the health of women and girls, and may have fatal consequences,

Of course, there is a remarkable progress, Randa Fakhr El Deen, executive director of the NGO Union Against Harmful Practices On Women and Children, told Global Voices.

Target 4 Support to legal and practical measures to reduce the incidence and impact of physical violence against children and to measures which address harmful traditional practices

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(d) Outcome 4 (micro level). Change to be brought about in harmful and discriminatory attitudes and practices so as to promote and protect rights of women and girls