Female representation at the corporate top (IVOR nr. 126) 2022/4.3.1.2:4.3.1.2 CEDAW

Female representation at the corporate top (IVOR nr. 126) 2022/4.3.1.2

4.3.1.2 CEDAW

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Strengthening the provisions on gender equality as promoted in the general human rights treaties, the CEDAW (1981) especially provides for equal rights between men and women and non-discrimination with regard to women.1Article 1 of the CEDAW defines discrimination against women 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.”

Every State Party to the CEDAW is obliged ‘to take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women by any person, organization or enterprise’.2 This means that the State has to protect the rights of women and has to ensure that no discrimination will take place. In order to do this, the State has the responsibility also to eliminate discrimination conducted by any organization or enterprise. The CEDAW has one particular provision regarding employment, which stipulates that men and women have the same rights with regard to, amongst others, the right to work, the right to have the same employment opportunities, the right to promotion and the right to equal remuneration.3

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