What is Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?
'''Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women''' is a convention and one of the [[international human rights law]] adopted by [[United Nations General Assembly]] on 18 December 1979 and entered into force 3 September 1981 established to prohibit all discrimination against [[women]] and to ensure their [[women's rights|human rights]] and [[freedom]] on a basis of equality with [[men]]. As of 2017, 189 countries had ratified this Convention, that is, have made promise to realize this Convention. Countries which had not ratified it were [[Iran]], [[Somalia]], [[South Sudan]], [[Tonga]], the [[United States]] and [[Vatican City]]. [[Image:CEDAW Participation.svg|thumb|Condition of the Convention (green:ratified, yellow:only signed and red:neither)]] == Main Contents == '''Article 1''' Discrimination against women means any distincting, excluding or limiting all kinds of the [[human rights]] and [[freedom]]s of women. '''Article 2''' Countries must prohibit all discrimination against women by anyone, any groups and any [[company|companies]] and must change any law to protect women from [[discrimination]]. '''Article 4''' Special measures to promote real equality between men and women and to protect [[mother]] women is not discrimination. '''Article 5''' Abolishing any [[prejudice]]s and custom which are out of the idea insisting that either sex is inferior or superior or out of [[stereotype]]d [[gender role|roles for men and women]]. '''Article 6''' Protection women from all forms of [[human trafficking]] and [[prostitution]]. '''Article 7''' The [[women's suffrage|right to vote]] of women and to take part in government [[policy]]. '''Article 8''' Rights of women to represent their government and take part in the work of international organisation. '''Article 9''' Rights of women to change [[nationality]] and in [[marriage]] to an alien, women are not changed automatically changed her nationality according to that of the [[husband]] and have equal right as men about the [[nati