Economic consequences of marriage, family relations and their dissolution 2013, para. 34
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In some systems, marriages or other recognized forms of union may be undertaken only by written contract. Some systems allow the option of contractual agreements concerning property to be undertaken prior to or during the marriage. States must ascertain that women are not left with less protection than they would have under the standard or default marriage provisions, owing to grave inequality in bargaining power.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Person(s) affected
Families
Women
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 29, Economic consequences of marriage, family relations and their dissolution (2013), para. 34.