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The Aarhus convention is a "proceduralisation of the environmental regulation", [16] [17] it focuses more on setting and listing procedures rather than establishing standards and specifying outcomes, permitting the parties involved to interpret and implement the convention on the systems and circumstances that characterize their nation.
The Convention on the Political Rights of Women (CPRW) is a United Nations treaty establishing equal political rights for men and women. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly during its 409th plenary meeting on December 20, 1952, in New York City . [ 1 ]
Article 16, concerning the equality of women in marriage and family life is subject to twenty-three reservations. [19] The committee, in General Recommendation No. 28, specifically stated that reservations to Article 2, concerning general non-discrimination, are impermissible. [22] However, Article 2 has seventeen reservations. [19]
First page of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne), also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written on 14 September 1791 by French activist, feminist, and playwright Olympe de Gouges in response to the 1789 Declaration of ...
On December 18, 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was opened for signature. Sweden became the first state to deposit the treaty on July 2, 1980. The treaty came into force and closed for signature on September 3, 1981 with the ratification of 20 states.
Article 8 calls on states to combat all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women. Article 9 affirms an equal right to education regardless of gender. Article 10 calls for equal rights in the workplace, including non-discrimination in employment, equal pay for equal work , and paid maternity leave .
[206] [207] [205] [208] The Istanbul Convention recognizes these two rights at Article 38 – Female genital mutilation and Article 39 – Forced abortion and forced sterilisation. [209] Reproductive rights are understood as rights of both men and women, but are most frequently advanced as women's rights. [207]
According to a January 2012 concept note of the International Expert Group Meeting on Combating violence against indigenous women and girls (working for UNPFII), Articles 1 and 2 of the DEVAW provide "the most widely used definition of violence against women and girls"; [4] this claim is echoed by Jacqui True (2012). [5] [note 2] Article One: