32. In line with its general recommendations No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women and No. 37 (2018) on the gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Combat poverty among rural women by ensuring access to adequate water and sanitation, ownership and use of land, credit, financial services and agricultural inputs, as well as access to justice, victim support services, education, information and communications technology, formal employment and health care.
Year | 2022 |
Topic | Food policy Other Health-related issues |
Document Type | Country Recommendations |
Country | Bolivia |
Policy Area | Food production Education and information Access to water Environment and health |
Human Rights Comiteee | CEDAW |
Human Rights | Right to water Right to health Right to a healthy environment Right to no discrimination Right to adequate standard of living |
Groups Affected | Women and/or girls People living in rural areas |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, CEDAW/C/BOL/CO/7, (2022). Par. 32. Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2FC%2FBOL%2FCO%2F7&Lang=en