5. Displacement, refugees and asylum seekers (arts. 1-3 and 15)

57. The Committee recommends that States parties:

(b) Address the specific risks and particular needs of different groups of internally displaced and refugee women who are subjected to multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, including women with disabilities, older women, girls, widows, women who head households, pregnant women, women living with HIV/AIDS, rural women, indigenous women, women belonging to ethnic, national, sexual or religious minorities, and women human rights defenders …

Link to full text of the report: General Recommendation-CEDAW-30-Women in conflict-2013-eng

 

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