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"Measures that should be identified, implemented and monitored for effectiveness include, under article 7, paragraph (a), those designed to: (c) Ensure that barriers to equality are overcome, including those resulting from illiteracy, language, poverty and impediments to women's freedom of movement; (d) Assist women experiencing such disadvantages to exercise their right to vote and to be elected."
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UN (CEDAW): General Recommendation No. 23: Political and Public Life, para. 45(c-d)

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General Recommendation No. 23: Political and Public Life

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