U.N. convention on discrimination
Sir,—The family that this association seeks to uphold is that based on life-long marriage between man and wife. The fact that many women are forced to combine their role of mother and home-maker with that of wage-earner is the fault of politicians, not the institution of marriage. Opposition to a convention claiming to remove discrimination against women because it contains many objectionable features does not necessarily imply favouring discrimination against women. The Human Rights Commission Act already gives adequate remedy for unfair discrimination against women. The position and status of women will only improve as men respect and protect them
because they value them, especially as the mothers of the future generation. The U.N. convention would not only fail to achieve this, but further undermine the nuclear family on which society’s stability depends.— Yours, etc., P. CLEMENTS, Chairman, Concerned Parents Association. October 31. 1983.
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