|Passport to Equality (UNESCO, 1999, 40 p.)| For the purposes of
the present Convention, the term discrimination against women
shall mean 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.
States Parties condemn discrimination against women in all its
forms, agree to pursue by all appropriate means and without
delay a policy of eliminating discrimination against women and,
to this end, undertake a) To embody the principle of the
equality of men and women in their national constitutions or
other appropriate legislation if not yet incorporated therein
and to ensure, through low and other appropriate means, the
practical realization of this principle; b) To adopt appropriate
legislative and other measu