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In particular, it provides men and women with "the same right to enter into marriage, the same right freely to choose a spouse," "the same rights and responsibilities during marriage and at its dissolution," "the same rights and responsibilities as parents," "the same rights to decide freely and responsibly on the number and spacing of their ...
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity charged with working for gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women is charged with advocating for the rights of women and girls, and focusing on a number of issues, including violence against women and ...
In 1946 the United Nations established a Commission on the Status of Women. [262] [263] Originally as the Section on the Status of Women, Human Rights Division, Department of Social Affairs, and now part of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Since 1975 the UN has held a series of world conferences on women's issues, starting with the ...
The United Nations and human rights: a critical appraisal. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Riofrio Bueno Martha de los A. Gender Equality special report of discrimination against indigenous women. UN Security Council, 1998; CSW March 1, 2010 meeting. Archived November 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine; Jain, Devaki. Women, Development ...
At the 1993 United Nations World Conference on Human Rights, one of the largest international gatherings on human rights, [95] diplomats and officials representing 100 nations reaffirmed their governments' "commitment to the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and ...
Following World War II, the establishment of the United Nations and the adoption of its Charter in 1945 brought increased attention to human rights, including women's rights. [4] The Charter aims to "affirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of men and women."
[vi] Gender equality is one of the objectives of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [24] World bodies have defined gender equality in terms of human rights, especially women's rights, and economic development.
The goals of the convention were to promote women's rights and address systematic discrimination experienced by women. [5] [1] The rights covered in CEDAW includes women's political participation, education, health, employment, marriage and legal equality. CEDAW also advocates for a change in the traditional roles of men and women.