The Independent Commission for Human Rights
in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, the same
rights, in particular:
(a) The right to family benefits;
(b) The right to bank loans, mortgages and other forms of financial credit;
(c) The right to participate in recreational activities, sports and all aspects
of cultural life.
Article 14
1. States Parties shall take into account the particular problems faced
by rural women and the significant roles which rural women play in
the economic survival of their families, including their work in the nonmonetized sectors of the economy, and shall take all appropriate measures
to ensure the application of the provisions of the present Convention to
women in rural areas.
2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate
discrimination against women in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis
of equality of men and women, that they participate in and benefit from
rural development and, in particular, shall ensure to such women the
right:
(a) To participate in the elaboration and implementation of development
planning at all levels;
(b) To have access to adequate health care facilities, including information,
counselling and services in family planning;
(c) To benefit directly from social security programmes;
(d) To obtain all types of training and education, formal and non-formal,
including that relating to functional literacy, as well as, inter alia, the
benefit of all community and extension services, in order to increase their
technical proficiency;
(e) To organize 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.
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