Question

What are the provisions of the UN to protect women from discrimination please answer the correct answer ​

Answer 1

“abolish existing laws, customs, regulations and practices

which are discriminatory against women, and to establish adequate legal

protection for equal rights of men and women

The Convention defines discrimination in its article 1 as “… any distinction,

exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or

purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise

by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men

and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political,

economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field.”

Such discrimination encompasses any difference in treatment on the

grounds of sex which:

• Intentionally or unintentionally disadvantages women;

• Prevents society as a whole from recognizing women’s rights in

both the private and the public spheres;

• Prevents women from exercising the human rights and fundamental

freedoms to which they are entitled.