A study on convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women


Hojatollah Mansouri


For many years, there was much discrimination against women in the world in terms of social benefits, job opportunities, etc. In many cases, women received less for similar job than men did and in some cases, many important top management jobs were not even open for women. During the past few decades, there have been tremendous efforts on removing any discrimination laws and regulations against women. In this study, we present a study on convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) adopted in 1979 and discuss that it is possible to remove some barriers and regulations in Iran without violating Islamic rules and regulations. In fact, the present study explains that there are many rules and regulations, which are in accordance with CEDAW and in some cases there are better rules for women in Iran such as early age retirement plan, breastfeeding, etc.


DOI: j.msl.2011.11.015

Keywords: CEDAW ,Discrimination against women ,Laws and regulations ,Islamic rules

How to cite this paper:

Law, H., University, A., Tehran, T & Iran, I. (2012). A study on convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.Management Science Letters -, 2(3), 775-780-.


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