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INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON CULTURAL RIGHTS REPORT TO THE UN 2010

 

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A/HRC/14/36

Report of the IE in the field of cultural rights

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IV. Areas of Concern and Priority Issues for the Mandate

     B. Participation, Access and Contribution to Cultural Life, Without Any Discrimination

         3. A Gendered Perspective on Cultural Rights

             62. Noting that "gender" is a social construction that, along with attendant

                   gendered norms of behaviours, is changeable over time and contexts,

                   the Independent Expert will address specifically, the right of women and

                   girls (as well as boys and men) to participate in cultural life regardless

                   of their gender identity.

             63.  Noting that some cultural practices may be particularly detrimental to the

                    rights of women and girls, and noting also in this regard the work of the

                    Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and

                    Consequences on the issues of culture, the Independent Expert will

                    pay due attention to the need to implement cultural rights in a way that

                    is fully respectful of the rights of women and girls not to be discriminated

                    against and that upholds all their human rights.

              64.  The Independent Expert will focus on the contribution of women and girls

                     to the cultural development of communities they belong to, including their

                     contribution to the development of common values of those communities,

                     which is pivotal to the implementation of their cultural rights.





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