A/C.3/33/WG.1/CRP.7
9 November 1978
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

Thirty-third session 
Agenda item 75

UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR WOMEN: EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
Draft Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 

Text of article 11, 12 and 13 as adopted

Article II- Employment 
	1.	Each State Party shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of employment in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, the same rights, in particular: (a) The right to work as an inalienable right of all human beings;  (b) The right to the same employment opportunities, including the application of the same criteria used for selection in matters of employment; (c) The right to free choice of profession and employment, to promotion and job security and all benefits and conditions of service, to receive vocational training and retraining, including apprenticeship, advanced vocational training and recurrent training;  (d) The right to equal remuneration, including benefits and equal treatment in respect of work of equal value, as well as equality of treatment in the evaluation of the quality of work; (e) The right to social security, particularly in the case of retirement, unemployment, sickness, invalidism and old age and other incapacity to work, as well as the right to paid leave;  (f) The right to protection of health and to safety in the working environment, including safeguarding the function of reproduction. 
	2.	In order to prevent discrimination against women on account of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, the States Parties shall undertake appropriate measures:  (a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of martial status;  (b) The introduce paid leave or leave with comparable social benefits for maternity without loss of the job held, seniority or social allowances;  (c) To encourage the provision of the necessary supporting social services to enable parent to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life, in particular through promoting the establishment and development of a network of child-care facilities; (d) To extend special protection to women during pregnancy for types of work proved to be harmful to them. 
	3.	Protective legislation should be reviewed periodically in the light of scientific and technological knowledge and should be revised, repealed or extended as necessary. 

Article 12- Economic and social life
Each State Party shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in other areas of economic and social life in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, the same rights, in particular:  (a) The right to family benefits; 
	(a)	The right to bank loans, mortgages and other forms of financial credit; 
	(b)	The right to participate in recreational activities, sports and in all aspects of cultural life. 

Article 13- Health
	1.	Each State Party 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. 
	2.	Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 above, each State Party shall ensure to women appropriate services in connexion with pregnancy, confinement and the post-natal period, granting free services where necessary.