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Uganda - Third periodic reports of States parties [2000] UNCEDAWSPR 17; CEDAW/C/UGA/3 (3 July 2000)


Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Third periodic reports of States parties

Uganda*

* The present report is being issued without formal editing. For the initial and second reports submitted by the Government of Uganda, see CEDAW/C/UGA/1-2 and Add.1, considered by the Committee at its fourteenth session.

Contents




Page
Acronyms and Abbreviations
3
Part One
Uganda: A country profile
5
Part Two
Report under the specific articles of the Convention
15
1. Definition of Discrimination
15
2. The Obligation of the State to Eliminate Discrimination
17
3. The Development and Advancement of Women
20
4. The Acceleration of Equality Between Men and Women
23
5. Sex Roles and Stereotyping
24
6. Suppression of the Exploitation of Women
27
7. Political and Public Life
31
8. International Representation and Participation of Women
32
9. Nationality
33
10. Education
36
11. Employment
40
12. Equality and Access to Appropriate Health Care
44
13. Economic and Social Benefits
51
14. Rural Women
56
15. Equality Before the Law and in Civil Matters
60
16. Equality in Marriage and Family Life
66
Appendix
73


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