Peru bill eliminating concept of gender threatens human rights, UN warns
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Peru bill eliminating concept of gender threatens human rights, UN warns
UN experts warned that a recent approval bill in Peru that eliminates the concept of gender from legislation and public policy frameworks could significantly undermine the country’s human rights protections and violate its international legal obligations. According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the bill removes references to gender from Peru’s legal system and replaces them with the biological definitions of sex. UN ex…
GENEVA – Experts and experts from the United Nations on human rights warned that new legislation about to be enacted in Peru, which eliminates the concept of gender in key public policies, represents a setback in the promotion of equality and non-discrimination. “By replacing gender with biological sex, [...]
Human rights specialists warn that the approved project replaces references to “gender equality” with “equity” or “equality of opportunities”, eliminates references to sexual and reproductive health rights and limits access to comprehensive sex education.
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