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E/CN.6/L.687

Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Thailand and United States of America: Amendment to the draft Convention (E/CN.6/591 and Add.1)

UN Document Symbol E/CN.6/L.687
Convention Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Document Type Amendment
Session 26th
Type Document
Description

1 p.

Subjects Women

Extracted Text

UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC
AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Twenty-sixth session
Geneva, 13 September - 1 October 1976 Item 3(a) of the provisional agenda

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E/CN.6/L.687
28 September 1976
Originals: ENGLISH

INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO THE STATUS OF WOMEN DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Egypt India, Indonesia, Iran. Pakistan. Thailand and United States
of America: Amendment to the draft Convention (E/CN.6/591 and add.1)
Insert the following article in the text of the draft Convention between Articles 10 and 11, or after Article 11.
"State® Parties shall take all measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas is order to guarantee them equality as participants and as beneficiaries of agricultural and rural development and particularly the
right to:
(a) Participate fully in the formulation and formulation and implementation of development planning from the local to the national levels;
(b) Receive adequate medical and health facilities, including family planning advice and services;
(c) Obtain all types of training formal and non-formal, as well as Community and extension services;
(d) Participate equally in all community activities including co-operatives;
(e) Obtain equal accuse to credit and loans; marketing facilities; and equal treatment in land and agrarian reform as well as land resettlement schemes."
CR.76-89280