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1. Adoption by States Parties of temporary special measures aimed at accelerating de facto equality
between men and women shall not be considered discrimination as defined in the present Convention,
but shall in no way entail as a consequence the maintenance of unequal or separate standards; these
measures shall be discontinued when the objectives of equality of opportunity and treatment have
been achieved.
2. Adoption by States Parties of special measures, including those measures contained in the present
Convention, aimed at protecting maternity shall not be considered discriminatory.
Article 5
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures:
(a) To modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving
the elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the
inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women;
(b) To ensure that family education includes a proper understanding of maternity as a social function
and the recognition of the common responsibility of men and women in the upbringing and
development of their children, it being understood that the interest of the children is the primordial
consideration in all cases.
Article 6
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to suppress all forms of traffic
in women and exploitation of prostitution of women.
PART II
Article 7
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the
political and public life of the country and, in particular, shall ensure to women, on equal terms with
men, the right:
(a) To vote in all elections and public referenda and to be eligible for election to all publicly elected
bodies;
(b) To participate in the formulation of government policy and the implementation thereof and to hold
public office and perform all public functions at all levels of government;
(c) To participate in non-governmental organizations and associations concerned with the public and
political life of the country.
Article 8
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure to women, on equal terms with men and
without any discrimination, the opportunity to represent their Governments at the international level
and to participate in the work of international organizations.
Article 9
1. States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their
nationality. They shall ensure in particular that neither marriage to an alien nor change of nationality
by the husband during marriage shall automatically change the nationality of the wife, render her
stateless or force upon her the nationality of the husband. 2. States Parties shall grant women equal
rights with men with respect to the nationality of their children.