part 1 to 10 - Domestic Violence Prevention

14 - (a) Any violence towards women, as gender inherited, shall be considered, for the purposes of the present Act, as genderbased discrimination. (b) Gender-based violence against women, as stated in (a) of this Article shall mean the following acts against women as gender inherited. (1) Domestic violence stated in Law 3/2012 (Domestic Violence Act). (2) Acts or threats of rape or sexual assault as stated in Law 17/2014 (Sexual Offences Act). (3) Physical, sexual or psychological harm. (4) Threats to acts of nature described in (a) (3) of this Article. (5) Detention without consent. (6) Denial of dignified economic and social life. (7) Denial of opportunity to earn for self-sustenance. (8) Acts of sexual abuse and harassment as stated in Law 16/2014 (Sexual Abuse and Harassment Act). (9) Trafficking of girls and women or obtaining benefits through the trafficking of girls and women. (10) All acts against women and girls prohibited by law. (c) Execution of penalties prescribed in law for acts of the same nature as stated in (b) of this Article shall not obstruct the application for and attainment of redress afforded under this Act.

20 - 20. Employers in public and private sectors shall ensure the following rights. (a) Provide equal opportunity to men and women in the employment, training and advancement of position. (b) Provide equal wages to men and women who perform the same responsibilities at the same place of employment. (c) Men and women at the same place of employment with work adequately equal in value and weight shall be given equal wages, overtime compensation, benefits and allowances. (d) Employment opportunities shall not be offered or advertised to restrict a particular gender, except in circumstances the work is required to be undertaken by a particular gender. (e) Announcements and advertisements for work that is likely to attract more men than women must be designed to invite and not to exclude women. (f) Take all possible steps to eliminate obstructions to employment of women and to create conducive work environments for women. (g) Establish a complaints mechanism for the purposes of Article 29 of this Act

CEDAW Article 2 - Article 2 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 law and other appropriate means, the practical realization of this principle; (b) To adopt appropriate legislative and other measures, including sanctions where appropriate, prohibiting all discrimination against women; (c) To establish legal protection of the rights of women on an equal basis with men and to ensure through competent national tribunals and other public institutions the effective protection of women against any act of discrimination; (d) To refrain from engaging in any act or practice of discrimination against women and to ensure that public authorities and institutions shall act in conformity with this obligation; (e) To take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women by any person, organization or enterprise; (f) To take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices which constitute discrimination against women; (g) To repeal all national penal provisions which constitute discrimination against women.

CEDAW Article 11 - Article 11 1. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of employment in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, the same rights, in particular: (a) The right to work as an inalienable right of all human beings; (b) The right to the same employment opportunities, including the application of the same criteria for selection in matters of employment; (c) The right to free choice of profession and employment, the right to promotion, job security and all benefits and conditions of service and the right to receive vocational training and retraining, including apprenticeships, advanced vocational training and recurrent training; (d) The right to equal remuneration, including benefits, and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value, as well as equality of treatment in the evaluation of the quality of work; (e) The right to social security, particularly in cases of retirement, unemployment, sickness, invalidity and old age and other incapacity to work, as well as the right to paid leave; (f) The right to protection of health and to safety in working conditions, including the safeguarding of the function of reproduction. 2. In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures: (a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or of maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of marital status; (b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances; (c) To encourage the provision of the necessary supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life, in particular through promoting the establishment and development of a network of child-care facilities; (d) To provide special protection to women during pregnancy in types of work proved to be harmful to them. 3. Protective legislation relating to matters covered in this article shall be reviewed periodically in the light of scientific and technological knowledge and shall be revised, repealed or extended as necessary.