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REPORT OF THE 56TH SESSION OF THE UN
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Direct Link to Full 56-Page CSW
56-2012 Report:
CSW 56 Resolutions
The Commission adopted six resolutions and one decision, available in the report of the 56th session:
- Ending female genital mutilation
- Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women
- Release of women and children taken hostage, including
those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts
- Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural
disasters
- Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through
the empowerment of women
- Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger
eradication
- Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS