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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
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2014
A/RES/68/139

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

2,38070%Compare
2012
A/RES/66/129

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

1,94946%Compare
2010
A/RES/64/140

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

2,26586%Compare
2008
A/RES/62/136

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

2,01755%Compare
2006
A/RES/60/138

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

1,57467%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2005–2015
YearSymbolTitleMandate resolution
2015A/70/204Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/68/139
2013A/68/179Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/66/129
2011A/66/181Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/64/140
2009A/64/190Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/62/136
2007A/62/202Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/60/138

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects
ConferencesDecision-MakingHealth ProgrammesInstitution BuildingLiteracy ProgrammesPopulationRural DevelopmentRural WomenSocial DevelopmentWomen in DevelopmentWomen'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.
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 4/
2
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:
a
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;
b
Strengthening national machineries and establishing institutional linkages among governmental bodies in various sectors and non-governmental organizations concerned with rural development;
c
Increasing the participation of rural women in the decision-making process;
d
Improving accessibility of rural women to productive resources;
e
Investing in the human resources of rural women, particularly through health and literacy programmes;
3
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;
4
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;
5
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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