CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979, para. a
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States Parties shall take all appropriate measures: (a) To modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women;
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Men
Women
Year
1979
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), Article 5, a.