FROM BONDAGE TO FREEDOM 37 propagated and recognized after the • Marriage with the consent of advent of socialism in the twentieth both parties. (Article 10) century. Some of the rights • Right to adequate standard of recognized by this Covenant include living including food, clothing, the right to work; favourable housing. (Article 11) conditions of work and equal pay for equal work; social security, an • Right to physical and mental health. (Article 12) adequate standard of living including adequate food, clothing and housing. The underlined idea behind this Covenant is that, without realization of economic, social and cultural rights, even civil and political rights cannot be realized. As human rights are interdependent and indivisible, this Covenant along with the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights needs to be looked into holistically as representing two important aspects of human rights jurisprudence. The monitoring body which oversees the implementation CEDAW of the ICESCR is known as the must eliminate Committee on Economic, Social and • States discrimination by any person, Cultural Rights. The ICESCR together with the ICCPR, Universal Declaration and the Optional Protocols comprise the International Bill of Human Rights. iv) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 (CEDAW) The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December, 1979, and entered into force on 2 September, 1981. By now there are more than 150 States Parties to this Convention. The object of the Convention is to implement equality between men organization or enterprise and abolish discriminatory laws, regulations, customs and practices. (Article 2) • State Parties shall take all appropriate measures including legislation, to suppress all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women. (Article 6) • Marriage shall not automatically change nationality. (Article 9) • Right to free choice employment. (Article 11) of • Right to health care and services. (Article 12) • Protection for women in rural areas.( Article 14) • Equal Protection of law (Article 15) • Right to freely choose a spouse and minimum age of marriage. (Article 16)