implementation of a clean, effective and efficient government, in line with prevailing
legislation.
Section Nine
Women’s Rights
Article 45
Under this Act, women’s rights are human rights.
Article 46
The general election system, political party system, system of electing members of
people’s representative organizations, and the system of appointing executives,
judges and civil servants must ensure that women are adequately represented.
Article 47
The nationality of a woman married to a foreign citizen shall not automatically
change to that of her husband; rather, she has the right to maintain, change, or regain her nationality.
Article 48
Women and men have equal rights to adequate access to and conditions of
schooling and education.
Article 49
(1) Women have the right to select, be selected and appointed to an adequate job,
position or a profession, in line with prevailing law.
(2) Women have the right to special protection in the undertaking of work or a
profession that could put her safety and/or her reproductive health.
(3) The special rights to which women are entitled arising from their reproductive
function are guaranteed and protected by law.
Article 50
Women of full age and/or who are married have the authority to take both criminal
and civil legal action as individuals, unless determined otherwise under religious law.