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A/HRC/53/30/Add.2: Visit to Bangladesh - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members

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In the report on her visit to Bangladesh from 7 to 15 February 2023, the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, Alice Cruz, explores issues related to the progress made by Bangladesh in eliminating leprosy-related discrimination and stigma, as well as the challenges Bangladesh faces in this regard.

Supporting a human rights economy in Kenya

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A youth from the Rendille ethnic group, walks through a herd of goats and sheep at a water whole near the town of Kargi, Marsabit county, Kenya. © REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A UN Human Rights initiative in Kenya strengthens public participation in governance processes to ensure that marginalized groups are seen and heard in the budget-making process.

Violations put peace agreement transition in jeopardy

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People who fled fighting in South Sudan are seen walking at sunset on arrival at a refugee camp.© REUTERS/James Akena
South Sudan’s transitional period, as spelled out in the country’s roadmap of the peace agreement, ends in February 2025. Yet the world’s youngest nation is not quite on track to have all its national institutions in place, said Musa Gassama from UN Human Rights in South Sudan. UN Human Rights is helping to monitor the transition process.

A/HRC/53/39: Gendered inequalities of poverty: feminist and human rights-based approaches

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In the present report, the Working Group focuses on poverty and socioeconomic inequality as outcomes of systemic failures that violate multiple human rights of women and girls. The Working Group analyses the cross-cutting conditions of gendered socioeconomic inequality and examines the structural discrimination and drivers within political, economic, cultural and social systems which cause, perpetuate and deepen women’s and girls’ experiences of poverty and inequality. It draws attention to the deficiencies of dominant economic models and methods in accurately capturing, measuring and addressing the impact of poverty and socioeconomic inequality on the rights and substantive equality of women and girls, and it highlights promising alternative approaches.