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Show i)C <J EgYP1) ,. and Peru, where women vote only in local elections and sixteen countries where they have'no political rights at. all, Afghanistan, Colombia, Ethiopia, Haiti. Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Jordan. Lebanon. Lichtenstein./ Nicaragua, Switzerland and Yeen, ParaguaY, Saudi Arabia , In Eighte.n members of the United Nations deny women full political rights.------,. to a.ss; st ',rOrOOr-4-n.ir...ias a Convention on Poli ical Rights 6rder r,,"" of 1,{omen has been drafted for the approval of the Commission which will be 'presented in timeto-aiT-·goverrunen-e-s--ror-rrrtffication. ,{_ 2. Political Education of Women ,nce the vote has been won in tJentyone the --, __ , __ countries during. th___:Q_Q._st five _p_am-let----- vote. yearst elp t on politcal education to be used in these countres has been prepared by the The National Federation was among the organizations forwarding Secretariat. greatest need is material that could be the United States as to these the women incorporated'in the pamphlet. well as There are new in voters other countries to whom the material will be useful. The Commission will consider plans to send experts to help with political women have just won the vote, services which were extended by the eneral education in the various countries in which using the advisory social welfare Assembly A/1436. The &ivisory social welfare progran was set up for the stimula.tion of social progress on behalf of peoples allover the wo r'l d; By request of governments in consultation with non-governmental organizations, through it,experts will be sent out for planning ed conducting seninars, furnishing technical publications and films and to put into practice new nthods in any branch of social welfare. ;,' '-'[ 3. egal Rights of I1[0men [> Even wi th the right to vote in nany countrie Lwi t_hout equal ]2_rotec:.tion of 18.""s women cannot exercise full citizenship. A questionnaire has bean sent '0 .governments and organizatfons'trogai'n -more information on laws affecting as well as thir_t..e.an__o_th.e_r._h_de..r:a.t.i.Q1lS made _a____ surve:l of laws in their own co.untry,so that our International Federato_yould submit a docunent on fanily laws, 'Which includo .thoao on mar rf.age , ieritancet women. , 01Jr National Federation _ -reltions between parents and children Rnd laws-affecting property rihts_9 ., __n_d_u_s_t_r_.,_y-". as. rmt--ro- contract, capaciLYo carry._9__§l:_J:usin_ trade ,.. ___ or __ While few discriminations were found to United States in failY law or restrictions on professusiness. trade or industrial par- ' an, adninistrati atj in ployrnent of 'res ve practices regardng acceptance, training. and e __ "? fields does exist. Thecrr-mrences in Dther show that not onlyractrce but in law wonen have not attained the same women some '"rights as men. ---- --.---------- ,--Surveys have also been made on fiscal Law, penal law and l8.ws affecting civil liberties. Fran the answers Dade by 38 countries including the United States in the survey of the civil liberities for woen, it appears that in respect to freedom of religion, speech, asseDbly and free choice to. marry, with a few exceptions in the eastern countries, that women have the same rights as men. Even countries, though these rights are Constitution in most cust om and due to attitudes" guaranteed by discrirrlinations do exist ""hich are tradi tion wh i ch can be changed only by education. do not allow married women to appear in court husbands. \._---------- Thirtyfive countries answered the - 3 - the Twelve countries r with of th questionnaire on fiscal laws ___ |
