Equal Rights Legislation

Promoting equal rights

Equal rights during marriage

Men and women shall have equal rights .

Article 3 Equal rights of women and men

q) Enact and enforce legislation to guarantee the rights of women and men to equal pay for equal work or work of equal value

Fiji fully respects the principle of equal human rights.

Women are accorded equal status and rights as men.

The Charter enshrines human rights, minority rights and equal rights before the law regardless of ethnicity, religion or beliefs.

That all have equal rights to education, regardless of gender.

Article 16 Women's equal rights in marriage and family relations

All the country's inhabitants enjoyed equal social and economic rights.

On March 22, 2005 the Knesset approved Amendment no. 2 to the Law on Equal Rights for People with Disabilities 5758 1998, ( Equal Rights for People with Disabilities Law ).

15. Urges all Governments to ensure women's equal rights with men and their equal access to all levels of education

Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

Article 10 Equal rights in the field of education and training

Article 11 Equal rights in the field of employment and work

a) men and women have equal rights to enter into marriage

The country's Constitution regulates the guaranteed protection of human rights and equal rights for women and men.

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2005 Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

Constitutional provisions underscoring equal rights and equal treatment of all citizens including women have been given in Chapter II, para 3.

They enjoy equal rights and bear equal responsibilities as parents even when the marriage is dissolved (article 66 of the Family Code).

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The mother and father are equal in performing parental rights and duties.

Under the law, men and women have equal rights to land use.

(e) The spouses have equal rights is resolving matters of family planning.

Article 15 Women's equal rights before the law and in civil transactions

Equal access to the implementation of social rights for men and women.

The law on State guarantees of equal rights for men and women and equal opportunities in the exercise of such rights, of 1 March 2005, is in effect in the Republic of Tajikistan.

The Committee welcomes the numerous human rights education programmes developed by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).

Under article 143 of the Criminal Code, Violation of equal rights of citizens

(1) All human beings are free and equal in dignity and in rights.

Both have equal rights regarding acquisition, changing or retaining their nationality or residency.

This principle implies that man and women enjoyed equal rights to adopt children.

The damaging impact of active gender discrimination such as bride burning and female infanticide is clear. But passive discrimination tolerating rules and institutions that deny women equal say in reproductive decisions, equal access to education and employment, equal pay for equal work, equal rights before the law, and equal political influence is similarly destructive.

Parents have equal responsibility for maintaining the household and for all aspects of their children's upbringing and education, and enjoy equal rights in that respect.

The minimally fair allocation to the developing countries requires equal emission rights per capita.

Tajikistan law is based on the principle of equal rights for men and women.

Spouses have equal rights in family relations and in the dissolution of a marriage.

In the field of work, labour laws ensure equal rights between men and women.

Moreover, Myanmar women, regardless of race or religion, enjoy equal rights under national laws.

Women were also granted equal rights to sue independently and to act as witnesses.

In the administration of justice, a lay judge has equal rights with a judge.

On the women's rights to enter into contract the Civil Code continues to provide women's equal rights to enter into contract.