33. The Committee recommends that the State party: (...) c) Ensure that rural women have equal access to basic services and infrastructure, such as health care, education, public transportation, food, water and sanitation, income-generating opportunities and social protection on an equal basis with men and also with their urban counterparts, including through the adoption of temporary special measures, in accordance with article 4 (1) of the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendation No. 25.
Year | 2015 |
Topic | Food policy |
Document Type | Country Recommendations |
Country | Bolivia |
Policy Area | Food and nutrition security Access to water |
Human Rights Comiteee | CEDAW |
Human Rights | Right to health Right to adequate food and nutrition Right to adequate standard of living Right to water Right to education |
Groups Affected | Women and/or girls People living in rural areas |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, CEDAW/C/BOL/CO/5-6, (2005). Par. 33. Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2fC%2fBOL%2fCO%2f5-6&Lang=en
2009 - Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Recommendation #11, par. 25 (2009) - 1676
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