Eliminating discrimination against women in cultural and family life, with a focus on the family as a cultural space 2015, para. 73d (iii)
Párrafo
Paragraph text
[According to general recommendation No. 29 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the family is a social and legal construct and, in various countries, a religious construct. It also is an economic construct. The Working Group recommends that States:] Ensure that women, on an equal footing with men, and girls, on an equal footing with boys, have the right to at least half the family property and inheritance in the event of divorce or widowhood. Facilitate the invalidation of any waiver of these rights obtained from a woman as a result of pressure from her family or community;
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Equality & Inclusion
Personas afectadas
Boys
Families
Girls
Women
Año
2015
Tipo de párrafo
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/40, para. 73d (iii).