Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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| Article Preamble |
Preamble
NOTING that the Charter of the United Nations reaffirms faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal…
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| Article 1 |
Definition of discrimination against women
For the purposes of the present Convention, the term "discrimination against women" shall mean any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of…
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| Article 2 |
Elimination of discrimination against women
State Parties condemn discrimination against women in all its forms, agree to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating…
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| Article 3 |
Development and advancement of women
State Parties shall take in all fields, in particular in the political, social, economic and cultural fields, all appropriate measures, including legislation,…
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| Article 4 |
Temporary special measures
1. Adoption by State Parties of temporary special measures aimed at accelerating de facto equality between men and women shall not be considered…
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| Article 5 |
Social and cultural patterns of conduct
yyGender Equality in Social, Educational, and Cultural Contexts
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| Article 6 |
Traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women
State Parties shall take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to suppress all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women.
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| Article 7 |
Participation in government
State Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the political and public life of the country and, in…
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| Article 8 |
Government representation at the international level, participation in the work of international organizations
State Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure to women, on equal terms with men and without any discrimination, the opportunity to represent their…
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| Article 9 |
Nationality
1. State Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality. They shall ensure in particular that neither marriage…
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| Article 10 |
Education
State 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…
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| Article 11 |
Economic and social welfare
1. State Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of employment in order to ensure, on a basis of…
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| Article 12 |
Health and reproduction
1. State 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…
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| Article 13 |
Economic and social life
State Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in other areas of economic and social life in order to ensure, on…
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| Article 14 |
Special protection of rural women
1. State Parties shall take into account the particular problems faced by rural women and the significant roles which rural women play in the economic…
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| Article 15 |
Access to justice and equal protection before the law
1. State Parties shall accord to women equality with men before the law. 2. State Parties shall accord to women, in civil matters, a legal capacity identical to…
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| Article 16 |
Marriage
1. State Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in all matters relating to marriage and family relations and in…
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| Article 17 |
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
1. For the purpose of considering the progress made in the implementation of the present Convention, there shall be established a Committee on the Elimination…
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| Article 18 |
State reporting procedure
1. State Parties undertake to submit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for consideration by the Committee, a report on the legislative,…
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| Article 19 |
Rules of procedure
1. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
2. The Committee shall elect its officers for a term of two years.
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| Article 20 |
Meetings
1. The Committee shall normally meet for a period of not more than two weeks annually in order to consider the reports submitted in accordance with article 18…
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| Article 21 |
Activity report
1. The Committee shall, through the Economic and Social Council, report annually to the General Assembly of the United Nations on its activities and may make…
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| Article 22 |
Specialized agencies
The specialized agencies shall be entitled to be represented at the consideration of the implementation of such provisions of the present Convention as fall…
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| Article 23 |
Minimum guarantees
Nothing in the present Convention shall affect any provisions that are more conducive to the achievement of equality between men and women which may be…
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| Article 24 |
Obligations of state parties
State Parties undertake to adopt all necessary measures at the national level aimed at achieving the full realization of the rights recognized in the present…
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| Article 25 |
Signature, ratification, accession
1. The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States. 2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is designated as the depositary of the…
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| Article 26 |
Revision
1. A request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by any State Party by means of a notification in writing addressed to the…
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| Article 27 |
Entry into force
1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the…
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| Article 28 |
Reservations
1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall receive and circulate to all States the text of reservations made by States at the time of ratification…
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| Article 29 |
Settlement of disputes
1. Any dispute between two or more State Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention which is not settled by negotiation…
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| Article 30 |
Languages
The present Convention, the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of which are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the…
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| Article -Treaty |
Treaty - CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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