A/C.3/33/WG/1/CRP.10/Add.3
16 November 1978
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Thirty-third session 
Agenda item 75

DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN 

Text adopted 

	I.	ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS

Article 10
Each State Party shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women and to ensure to women equal rights with men in the field of education and in particular to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women: 
	(a)	The same conditions for career and vocational guidance, access to studies and achievement of a diploma in educational establishments of all categories in rural as well as in urban areas; this equality shall be ensured in pre-schooling, general, technical, professional and higher technical education, as well as in all types of vocational training; 
	(b)	Access to the same curricula, the same examinations, teaching staff with qualifications of the same standard and school premises and equipment of the same quality; 
	(c)	The elimination of any stereotyped concept of the roles of men and women at all levels and in all forms of education by encouraging co-education and other types of education which will help to achieve this aim and in particular by the revision of textbooks and school programmes and the adaptation of teaching methods; 
	(d)	The same opportunities to benefit from scholarships and other study grants; 
	(e)	The same opportunity for access to programmes of continuing education, including adult and functional literacy programmes, particularly aimed at reducing, at the earliest possible time, any gap in education existing between men and women; 
	(f)	The reduction of the female student drop-out rates and the organization of programmes for girls and women who have left school prematurely; 
	(g)	The same opportunities to participate actively in sports and physical education; 
	(h)	Access to specific educational information to help ensure the health and well-being of families, including information and advice on family planning. 
Article 11
	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. 
	1.	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 marital status; 
	(b)	To 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 parents 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. 
	1.	Protective legislation should be reviewed periodically in the light of scientific and technological knowledge and should be revised, repealed or extended necessary. 
Article 12
	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, as well as adequate nutrition during pregnancy and lactation. 
Article 13
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; 
	(b)	The right to bank loans, mortgages and other forms of financial credit; 
	(c)	The right to participate in recreational activities, sports and in all aspects of cultural life. 
Article 14 
	1.	Each State Party shall take into account the particular problems faced by rural women and the significant roles they play in the economic survival of their families, including their work in the non-monetized sectors of the economy, and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the application of the provisions of this Convention to women in rural areas. 
	2.	Each State Party shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, participation in and benefits from rural development and, in particular, the right.   (a) To participate fully in the formulation and implementation of development planning at all levels; (b) To have access to adequate health care facilities, including information, counseling and services in family planning, as well as personal rights to social security;  (c) To benefit directly from social security programmes; (d) To obtain all types of training and education, formal and non-formal, including functional literacy, as well as the benefit of all community and extension services, inter alia, to increase their technical proficiency;  (e) To organize self-help groups and co-operatives in order to obtain equal access to economic opportunities through employment or self-employment;  (f) To participate in all community activities;  (g) To have access to agricultural credit and loans, marketing facilities, appropriate technology and equal treatment in land and agrarian reform as well as in land resettlement schemes;  (h) To enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in relation to housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications.