Improvement of the Situation of Women in Rural Areas

A/RES/48/109View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 111 Advancement of women, published in 1994.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 1983–2014

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/68/139

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2014	A/RES/68/139	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	2,380	70%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/129	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	1,949	46%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/140	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	2,265	86%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/136	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	2,017	55%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/138	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	1,574	67%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2005–2015

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2015	A/70/204	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/139
2013	A/68/179	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/129
2011	A/66/181	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/140
2009	A/64/190	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/136
2007	A/62/202	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/138

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Conferences Decision-Making Health Programmes Institution Building Literacy Programmes Population Rural Development Rural Women Social Development Women in Development Women's Advancement

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

See Report of the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, Rome, 12-20 July 1979 (WCARRD/REP); transmitted to the members of the General Assembly by a note by the Secretary-General (A/34/485).

Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Nairobi, 15-26 July 1985 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.85.IV.10), chap. I, sect. A.

A/47/308-E/1992/97, annex.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 4/

Invites Member States to attach greater importance in their national development strategies to the improvement of the situation of rural women, paying special attention to both their practical and strategic needs, by, inter alia:

Integrating the concerns of rural women into national development policies and programmes, in particular by placing a higher priority on budgetary allocations related to the interests of rural women;

Strengthening national machineries and establishing institutional linkages among governmental bodies in various sectors and non-governmental organizations concerned with rural development;

Increasing the participation of rural women in the decision-making process;

Improving accessibility of rural women to productive resources;

Investing in the human resources of rural women, particularly through health and literacy programmes;

Requests the international community, competent United Nations bodies and non-governmental organizations to promote the realization of programmes and projects aimed at the improvement of the situation of rural women;

Invites the International Conference on Population and Development, to be held in 1994, the World Summit on Social Development and the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace, both to be held in 1995, to give due consideration, in formulating respective strategies and actions, to the issue of improving the situation of rural women;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with Member States and competent United Nations organizations, a report on the implementation of the present resolution and to submit it, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session.

A/48/187-E/1993/76.

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