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FULL 25-PAGE REPORT IS ATTACHED.

 

Gender Excerpts: V. GROUPS IN NEED OF PARTICULAR ATTENTION:

 

A. Women and Gender Equality

67. As noted by many observers and stressed by the Independent Expert in her 2008 Report to the General Assembly (A/63/274), the multifaceted nature of gender discrimination means that women are overrepresented among the extremely poor.

 

70. Without the removal of legislative, procedural and cultural barriers that impede women's participation, they cannot exercise their rights. Often, women's participation is constrained due to their subordinate status in relation to men at home (eg. husbands, fathers and brothers) or men as decision makers and power-holders (traditional leaders, local council members, judges, police). Women often confront disadvantages in terms of education, access to land, credit and other productive assets. Without security, power or resources they cannot participate or demand accountability.

 

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