Article 14(2)(e)-(h) of the CEDAW for Gender Equality
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2018/07/31
Article 14 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, that they participate in and benefit from rural development and, in particular, shall ensure to such women the right:
(e) To organize self-help groups and co-operatives in order to obtain equal access to economic opportunities through employment or self employment;
(f) To participate in all community activities;
(g) To have access to agricultural credit and loans, marketing facilities, appropriate technology and equal treatment in land and agrarian reform as well as in land resettlement schemes;
(h) To enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in relation to housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications.
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979)
The equality of the sexes comes in the form of an elimination of the discrimination against women in a number of domains here. The central focus is the rural women around the world. Rural women represent a more difficult demographic to track because much of the media focuses on and many of the resources for gender equality focus on urbanites.
The urbanites already come with a variety of benefits. One is the ability to garner some credentials and education in far greater numbers. The institutions of higher learning are closer to them. They have a greater affordability as they tend to come from higher income families and so on.
Article 14(2) speaks to the equality of women with men and the ability to benefit from any and all areas of rural development. Those areas of development include economic opportunities, community activities, the ability to have access in a variety of areas, and the right to decent living conditions with some concrete examples listed.
In Article 14(2)(e), we can see the stipulations about the appropriate measures for the elimination of discrimination against women in the ability or organize self-help groups. Those groups and cooperatives in which women formulate the means by which to improve their own and their community’s livelihood.
These collectives give a self-organized foundation for women to be able to garner equal access to the same economic opportunities as the men in their lives, which includes both employment and in self-employment, whether on the job of a corporation or working to build a company of your own in the basement.
Article 14(2)(f) speaks to the ability for women to participate in the communal activities within their area. Community forms the lifeblood of our social species. Any lack there can be a negative outcome for the women of the area. Because the access to the community means the access to the provisions and opportunities of the communities. It is another important right.
Article 14(2)(g) stipulates the need for women to have equal access to the various forms of credit and loans in the agricultural sector because, especially in poor communities and areas of the world, agriculture and farming remains an important part of the provision of sustenance for oneself and one’s family.
In the rural areas of the world, if a woman has access to the facilities for marketing, and if the woman has the right to the same provisions of the land and the technology of the agricultural sector as the men, then the women can further participate in the economic livelihood of the nation and the community.
Article 14(2)(h) is the last here. It states the right to adequate living conditions; nothing too luxurious, but something able to maintain a healthy lifestyle for the woman. If this can be given in regards to housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications, then this stipulation has been met by the host country for the woman.
If the nation fails to provide this in some way, then this amounts to a failure on the part of the state or the nation to meet this requirement of the CEDAW or the Convention with regards to women’s equality. It becomes vitally important for the health and well-being of the woman to be able to have these equal provisions.
–One can find similar statements in other documents, conventions, declarations and so on, with the subsequent statements of equality or women’s rights:
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Preamble, Article 16, and Article 25(2).
- Convention Against Discrimination in Education (1960) in Article 1.
- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) in Article 3 and Article 13.
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966).
- Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979).
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984).
- The Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (1993).
- Beijing Declaration(1995).
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000).
- Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2000).
- The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa or the “Maputo Protocol” (2003).
- Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence or the Istanbul Convention (2011) Article 38 and Article 39.
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