Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

A/RES/2263(XXII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1968.

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3 subjects

Declarations (Text)Gender Discrimination Women in Development

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Without prejudice to the safeguarding of the unity and the harmony of the family, which remains the basic unit of any society, all appropriate measures, particularly legislative measures, shall be taken to ensure to women, married or unmarried, equal rights with men in the field of civil law, and in particular:

The right to acquire, administer, enjoy, dispose of and inherit property, including property acquired during marriage ;

( b) The right to equality in legal capacity and the exercise thereof;

( c) The same rights as men with regard to the law on the movement of persons.

All appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure the principle of equality of status of the husband and wife, and in particular :

Women shall have the same right as men to free choice of a spouse and to enter into marriage only with their free and full consent ;

( b) Women shall have equal rights with men during marriage and at its dissolution. In all cases the interest of the children shall be paramount ;

( c) Parents shall have equal rights and duties in matters relating to their children. In all cases the interest of the children shall be paramount.

Child marriage and the betrothal of young girls before puberty shall be prohibited, and effective action, including legislation, shall be taken to specify a minimum age for marriage and to make the registration of marriages in an official registry compulsory.

Article 7 All provisions of penal codes which constitute discrimination against women shall be repealed.

Article 8 All appropriate measures, inch ,ding legislation, shall be taken to combat all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women.

Article 9 All appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure to girls and women, married or unmarried, equal rights with men in education at all levels, and in particular :

Equal conditions of access to, and study in, educational institutions of all types, including universities and vocational, technical and professional schools;

( b) The same choice of curricula, the same examinations, teaching staff with qualifications of the same standard, and school premises and equipment of the same quality, whether the institutions are co-educational or not;

( c) Equal opportunities to benefit from scholarships and other study grants;

( d) Equal opportunities for access to programmes of continuing education, including adult literacy programmes;

( e) Access to educational information to help in ensuring the health and well-being of families.

Article 10

All appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure to w~men, married or unmarried, equal rights with men m the field of economic and social life, and in particular :

The right, without discrimination on grounds of marital status or any other grounds, to receive vocational training, to work, to free choice of profession and employment, and to professional and vocational advancement ;

( b) The right to equal remuneration with men and to equality of treatment in respect of work of equal value;

The right to leave with pay, retirement privileges and provision for security in respect of unemployment, sickness, old age or other incapacity to work ;

( d) The right to receive family allowances on equal terms with men.

In order to prevent discrimination against women on account of marriag~ or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, measures shall be taken to prevent their dismissal in the event of marriage or maternity and to provide paid maternity leave, with the guarantee of returning to former employment, and to provide the necessary social services, including childcare facilities.

Measures taken to protect women in certain types of work, for reasons inherent in their physical nature, shall not be regarded as discriminatory.

Article 11

The principle of equality of rights of men and women demands implementation in all States in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Governments,

non-governmental organizations and individuals are urged, therefore, to do all in their power to promote the implementation of the principles contained in this Declaration.

7 November 1967.

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