Article(s) of the CEDAW Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations, Policies, Reports, and Judgements Article 13: CONSTITUTION: States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in areas of economic and social life in order to ensure in particular: 1. A. 15: Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, (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.1 Note 1: Aspects pertaining to family benefits (a) have been covered under Chapter- 8. Note 2: Aspects pertaining to economic life (b) have been covered under Chapter- 4. caste, sex or place of birth. (Supra: Chapter 1) 2. A. 21: Protection of life and personal liberty. - No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. (Supra: Chapter 4) 3. A. 29: Protection of interests of minorities. (1) Any section of the citizens residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own shall have the right to conserve the same. (2)..... (Supra: Chapter 4) 4. A. 51A: Fundamental duties - It shall be the duty of every citizen of India— (a)...... (b)...... (c)...... (d)...... (e) to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women; (f) to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture; 86 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Gaps in the implementation of CEDAW in India (G) and its corresponding recommendations (R) G1: Confining the role of the Union Government to merely supplementing the efforts on sports and leaving the primary efforts completely on the State government has led to the uneven development of sports across the country and the non-emergence of sports as a national priority. This in turn also adversely impacts the participation of women in sports. [CEDAW A. 13(c)] R1: Transferring of the subject of sports from the List II - State List to the List III - Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule may be considered. Further, item sports be shifted from the present Constitutional place, where it is clubbed with entertainment and amusement as sports is a key instrument of youth development including that