Fortify accountability fulcrums like UPR to deliver on gender equality and right to health
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SHOBHA SHUKLA
Contd from previous issue
Fortify accountability fulcrums like UPR to deliver on gender equality and right to health
I often felt tensions during (intergovernmental) negotiations when it pertained to the right to bodily autonomy of girls or to the agency of girls.
So, there is a specific resistance to recognise girls, as rights holders, as human beings that have their own agency, or those who can make their own decisions.
(To be contd)
Contd from previous issue
Fortify accountability fulcrums like UPR to deliver on gender equality and right to health
I often felt tensions during (intergovernmental) negotiations when it pertained to the right to bodily autonomy of girls or to the agency of girls.
So, there is a specific resistance to recognise girls, as rights holders, as human beings that have their own agency, or those who can make their own decisions.
(To be contd)