The Right To Marriage And Equal Rights In Marriage

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The right to marry and found a family without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion is another accepted norm protecting the right of women. Women are often denied the right to choose the spouse. This denial extends to their rights during the subsistence of marriage and also at its dissolution. Consent of the women to the marriage is often ignored and she is bound or forced to marry according to the decisions of the parents or guardians.
According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, attainment of majority and free consent is regarded as a condition for the marriage. There is no provision in the declaration, which requires a woman to change her nationality according to that of her husband.
The right to work and equal pay for equal work without discrimination .85 to sex is recognised as an inalienable right of all human beings. The right to equal pay for equal work without discrimination as to sex implies the right of man and woman, the same right of employment, equal treatment in respect of work of equal value, as well as equality of treatment in the evaluation and quality of work. There shall not be any restriction on the basis of sex, especially in marriage or maternity. The declaration also contains provisions, guaranteeing the right to a standard of living sufficient for health and wellbeing of a person and his family including the facilities to live with human dignity. It includes food, clothing, housing, medical care, necessary social

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