Treaty Doc. 96-53; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on December 18, 1979, and Signed on Behalf of the United States of America on July 17, 1980: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, June 13, 2002U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 146 páginas |
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... gender equality , gender - based violence , and equality of rights within marriage , fam- ily planning , and employment . These provisions parallel those contained in CEDAW . To date , 169 countries have ratified CEDAW . However , as we ...
... gender equality , gender - based violence , and equality of rights within marriage , fam- ily planning , and employment . These provisions parallel those contained in CEDAW . To date , 169 countries have ratified CEDAW . However , as we ...
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... gender distinctions we should celebrate , and motherhood is one of them . I am proud to be the mother of two children , and I want to emphatically state that the celebration of motherhood does not demean women in any way . Madam ...
... gender distinctions we should celebrate , and motherhood is one of them . I am proud to be the mother of two children , and I want to emphatically state that the celebration of motherhood does not demean women in any way . Madam ...
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... gender issues in its own free and democratic institutions , and be- coming a party to this treaty would in no way further that end . At this time of war , and with such pressing security issues facing our Nation , I urge the Senate not ...
... gender issues in its own free and democratic institutions , and be- coming a party to this treaty would in no way further that end . At this time of war , and with such pressing security issues facing our Nation , I urge the Senate not ...
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... gender , but under CEDAW dis- crimination is defined as any difference in treatment on the grounds of gender which intentionally or unintentionally disadvan- tages women and prevents a society from recognizing a woman's 20.
... gender , but under CEDAW dis- crimination is defined as any difference in treatment on the grounds of gender which intentionally or unintentionally disadvan- tages women and prevents a society from recognizing a woman's 20.
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... gender . In addition , by ratifying this treaty , the United States would gain international credibility and influence in three ways . First , we would be adding our voice as the most powerful Nation in the world to the treaty for ...
... gender . In addition , by ratifying this treaty , the United States would gain international credibility and influence in three ways . First , we would be adding our voice as the most powerful Nation in the world to the treaty for ...
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Página 71 - Nations has, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenants on Human Rights, proclaimed and agreed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status...
Página 102 - Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of health care in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, access to health care services, including those related to family planning.
Página 128 - The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
Página 79 - However, the terms of nine of the members elected at the first election shall expire at the end of two years; immediately after the first election, the names of these...
Página 123 - racial discrimination' as: 'any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.
Página 79 - ... 3. The members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons nominated by States Parties. Each State Party may nominate one person from among its own nationals.
Página 100 - To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances...
Página 86 - WHEREAS the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women...
Página 130 - The State shall, therefore, endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home . 3.
Página 53 - To modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women...