A/C.3/33/WG.1/CRP.5/Add.11 
27 October 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

Denmark and the Netherlands 

Revised structure to chapter III: economic and social rights 

Article 10 - EDUCATION 						As adopted

Article 11 - EMPLOYMENT 

1. Each State Party shall take all appropriate measures 		As adopted, with 
to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of 	"employment" in place
employment in order to ensure on a basis of equality of 		of "economic and 
men and women the same rights, in particular: 			social life" 

(a) The right to work as an inalienable right of 			As adopted 
all human beings; 

(b) The right to the same employment 				As adopted 
opportunities, including the application of 
the same criteria used for selection in 
matters of employment;

(c) The right to free choice of profession and 			As adopted 
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 retraining 
and recurrent training; 

(d) The right to equal remuneration, including 			As adopted 
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 			As adopted 
the case of retirement, unemployment, 
sickness, invalidity and old age and other 
incapacity to work, as well as the right to 
paid leave; 

(f) The right to protection of health and safety 			Drawn from 
in the working environments, including 				articles 13 (2) and 
safeguarding the function of reproduction. 			(4) 

2. In order to prevent discrimination against women 		As adopted 
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 			As adopted 
sanctions, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy 
or maternity leave; 

(b) To introduce paid leave or leave with 				As adopted 
comparable social benefits for maternity 
without loss of the job held, seniority or 
social allowances; 

(c) To encourage the provision of the necessary 			As adopted 
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 		Drawn from 
pregnancy for types of work proved to be 				article 13 (4) in the 
harmful to them. 							draft convention 

3. Protective legislation should be reviewed 			Drawn from 
periodically in the light of scientific and 				article 13 (3) in the 
technological knowledge and should be revised, 			draft convention 
repeated or extended as necessary. 

Article 12 

Each State Party shall take all appropriate measures 		Adopted as chapeau to 
to eliminate discrimination against women in the field 		former article 11.1
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; 					Adopted as former 
									article 11.1 (f) 

(b) The right to bank loans, mortgages and other 			As adopted under 
forms of financial credit; 						former article 11.1 

(c) The right to participate in recreational 			As adopted under 
activities, sports and in all aspects of 				former article 11.1
cultural life. 

Article 13 - HEALTH 

1. Each State Party shall take all appropriate 			New paragraph 
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 and 
treatment by medical services, including family 
planning advice and services. 

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1			Drawn from 
above, each State Party, shall ensure to women easy 		article 11 (2) (c) in 
access to health care services in connexion with 			the draft convention 
pregnancy, confinement and the post-natal period, 
granting free services where necessary. 

Article 14 								Former article 12 in 
									the draft convention 

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