Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Schedule
(e)
To organise self-help groups and co-operatives in order to obtain
equal access to economic opportunities through employment or
self-employment;
(f)
To participate in all community activities;
(g)
To have access to agricultural credit and loans, marketing facilities,
appropriate technology and equal treatment in land and agrarian
reform as well as in land resettlement schemes;
(h)
To enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in relation to
housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and
communications.
PART IV
Article 15
1.
States Parties shall accord to women equality with men before the law.
2. States Parties shall accord to women, in civil matters, a legal capacity
identical to that of men and the same opportunities to exercise that capacity. In
particular, they shall give women equal rights to conclude contracts and to
administer property and shall treat them equally in all stages of procedure in
courts and tribunals.
3. States Parties agree that all contracts and all other private instruments
of any kind with a legal effect which is directed at restricting the legal capacity
of women shall be deemed null and void.
4. States Parties shall accord to men and women the same rights with
regard to the law relating to the movement of persons and the freedom to choose
their residence and domicile.
Article 16
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:
(a)
The same right to enter into marriage;
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Compilation No. 42
Compilation date: 11/09/2021
Authorised Version C2021C00420 registered 08/10/2021
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Registered: 08/10/2021
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