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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation #37, par. 42 (a) (2018)

Text of the recommendation

42. States parties should: (a) Engage in a comprehensive audit of policies and programmes across sectors and areas, including climate, trade and investment, environment and planning, water, food, agriculture, technology, social protection, education and employment, in order to identify the degree of integration of a gender equality perspective and any inconsistencies, with a view to reinforcing efforts aimed at disaster risk reduction and climate change mitigation and adaptation;

Citation

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General recommendation No. 37 - Gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change, CEDAW/C/GC/37, (2018). Par. 42. Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW/C/GC/37&Lang=en