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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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PREAMBLE
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Determined
to
implement
the
principles
set forth in the
Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
and, for that
purpose
, to
adopt
the
measures
required for the
elimination
of such
discrimination
in all its forms and manifestations, ...
ARTICLE-2
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... (b) To
adopt
appropriate
legislative
and other
measures
,
including
sanctions
where appropriate,
prohibiting
all
discrimination against women
; ...
... (e) To take all appropriate
measures
to
eliminate
discrimination against women
by any
person
,
organization
or
enterprise
; ...
... (f) To take all appropriate
measures
,
including
legislation
, to modify or abolish
existing
laws
,
regulations
,
customs
and practices which
constitute
discrimination against women
; ...
ARTICLE-3
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States Parties
shall take in all
fields
, in particular in the
political
,
social
,
economic
and
cultural
fields
, all appropriate
measures
,
including
legislation
, to ensure the
full
development
and
advancement
of
women
, for the
purpose
of
guaranteeing
them the
exercise
and
enjoyment
of
human rights
and
fundamental freedoms
on a basis of
equality
with
men
. ...
ARTICLE-4
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... 1.
Adoption
by
States Parties
of
temporary
special measures
aimed at accelerating de facto
equality
between
men and women
shall not be considered
discrimination
as defined in the present
Convention
, but shall in no way entail as a
consequence
the
maintenance
of unequal or separate standards; these
measures
shall be discontinued when the
objectives
of
equality
of
opportunity
and
treatment
have been achieved. ...
... 1.
Adoption
by
States Parties
of
temporary
special measures
aimed at accelerating de facto
equality
between
men and women
shall not be considered
discrimination
as defined in the present
Convention
, but shall in no way entail as a
consequence
the
maintenance
of unequal or separate standards; these
measures
shall be discontinued when the
objectives
of
equality
of
opportunity
and
treatment
have been achieved. ...
... 2.
Adoption
by
States Parties
of
special measures
,
including
those
measures
contained in the present
Convention
, aimed at
protecting
maternity
shall not be considered
discriminatory
. ...
... 2.
Adoption
by
States Parties
of
special measures
,
including
those
measures
contained in the present
Convention
, aimed at
protecting
maternity
shall not be considered
discriminatory
. ...
ARTICLE-5
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States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
: ...
ARTICLE-6
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...
States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
,
including
legislation
, to
suppress
all forms of
traffic
in
women
and
exploitation
of
prostitution
of
women
. ...
ARTICLE-7
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States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
to
eliminate
discrimination against women
in the
political
and
public
life
of the
country
and, in particular, shall ensure to
women
, on
equal terms
with
men
, the
right
: ...
ARTICLE-8
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States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
to ensure to
women
, on
equal terms
with
men
and without any
discrimination
, the
opportunity
to represent their
Governments
at the
international level
and to
participate
in the
work
of
international organizations
. ...
ARTICLE-10
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States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
to
eliminate
discrimination against women
in
order
to ensure to them
equal rights
with
men
in the
field
of
education
and in particular to ensure, on a basis of
equality
of
men and women
: ...
ARTICLE-11
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... 1.
States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
to
eliminate
discrimination against women
in the
field
of
employment
in
order
to ensure, on a basis of
equality
of
men and women
, the same
rights
, in particular: ...
... 2. In
order
to
prevent
discrimination against women
on the grounds of
marriage
or
maternity
and to ensure their effective
right to work
,
States Parties
shall take appropriate
measures
: ...
ARTICLE-12
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... 1.
States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
to
eliminate
discrimination against women
in the
field
of
health care
in
order
to ensure, on a basis of
equality
of
men and women
,
access
to
health care
services
,
including
those related to
family planning
. ...
ARTICLE-13
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States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
to
eliminate
discrimination against women
in other
areas
of
economic
and
social life
in
order
to ensure, on a basis of
equality
of
men and women
, the same
rights
, in particular: ...
ARTICLE-14
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... 1.
States Parties
shall take into
account
the particular
problems
faced by
rural
women
and the
significant
roles
which
rural
women
play in the
economic
survival
of their
families
,
including
their
work
in the non-monetized
sectors
of the
economy
, and shall take all appropriate
measures
to ensure the
application
of the
provisions
of the present
Convention
to
women
in
rural areas
. ...
... 2.
States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
to
eliminate
discrimination against women
in
rural areas
in
order
to ensure, on a basis of
equality
of
men and women
, that they
participate
in and
benefit
from
rural
development
and, in particular, shall ensure to such
women
the
right
: ...
ARTICLE-16
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... 1.
States Parties
shall take all appropriate
measures
to
eliminate
discrimination against women
in all matters relating to
marriage
and
family relations
and in particular shall ensure, on a basis of
equality
of
men and women
: ...
ARTICLE-18
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... 1.
States Parties
undertake
to submit to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations
, for
consideration
by the
Committee
, a
report
on the
legislative
,
judicial
,
administrative
or other
measures
which they have
adopted
to give
effect
to the
provisions
of the present
Convention
and on the
progress
made in this
respect
: ...
ARTICLE-24
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States Parties
undertake
to
adopt
all necessary
measures
at the
national level
aimed at achieving the
full
realization of the
rights
recognized in the present
Convention
. ...
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