Portugal today ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted 18 December 1979 , by General Assembly resolution 38/180. The Convention cover measures to be taken by States to eliminate discrimination in political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health, marriage and the family. Rural women are given special attention, as are the elimination of the stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution. The Secretary-General has been asked by the Assembly to present the text of the Convention to the 1980 World Conference of the UN Decade for Women, scheduled from 14-30 July in Copenhagen.
Vasco Futscher Pereira, Portugal's Permanent Representative to the UN, signing the Convention today. Looking on are Maria Isabel Lino Neto Padua, Second Secretary of the Embassy, and Eric Suy, UN Legal Counsel.
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- Broader terms: HUMAN RIGHTS Narrower terms: REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM Related terms: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS FEMINISM GENDER DISCRIMINATION WOMEN WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT WOMEN'S EDUCATION WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS WOMEN'S STATUS Top terms: HUMAN RIGHTS