CEDAW – Article 16 – Equality – Women – Marriage & Family Relations

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Full UN CEDAW Text – UN Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women:

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(b) The same right freely to choose a spouse
and to enter into marriage only with their free and full consent;

(c) The same rights and responsibilities
during marriage and at its dissolution;

(d) The same rights and responsibilities as
parents, irrespective of their marital status, in matters relating to their
children; in all cases the interests of the children shall be paramount;

(e) The same rights to decide freely and
responsibly on the number and spacing of their children and to have access to
the information, education and means to enable them to exercise these rights;

(f) The same rights and responsibilities with
regard to guardianship, wardship, trusteeship and adoption of children, or
similar institutions where these concepts exist in national legislation; in all
cases the interests of the children shall be paramount;

(g) The same personal rights as husband and
wife, including the right to choose a family name, a profession and an
occupation;

(h) The same rights for both spouses in
respect of the ownership, acquisition, management, administration, enjoyment
and disposition of property, whether free of charge or for a valuable
consideration.

2.
The betrothal and the marriage of a child shall have no legal effect, and all
necessary action, including legislation, shall be taken to specify a minimum
age for marriage and to make the registration of marriages in an official
registry compulsory.