Page 40 Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law EQUALITY NOW – BEIJING+25 EMPLOYMENT Below are examples of laws which must be amended or repealed. BRAZIL Law No. 8213 of 24 July 1991 providing for the Social Security Benefit Plans and other measures: Article 51. Retirement by age may be required by the company, provided that the insured employee has completed the grace period and completed 70 (seventy) years of age if male, or 65 (sixty-five) years if female, being compulsory, in which case the employee will be guaranteed the compensation provided for in the labor legislation, considered as the date of termination of the employment contract, immediately prior to the beginning of retirement. Take Action – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro BRAZIL Email: presidencia@planalto.gov.br gabinete@planalto.gov.br distri.delbrasonu@itamaraty.gov.br (Mission to the UN in New York) Twitter: @jairbolsonaro Facebook: facebook.com/jairmessias. bolsonaro/ Note: Article 5 of the Constitution of Brazil: Everyone is equal before the law, with no distinction whatsoever, guaranteeing to Brazilians and foreigners residing in the Country the inviolability of the rights to life, liberty, equality, security and property, on the following terms: I. Men and women have equal rights and duties under the terms of this Constitution… CAMEROON The Civil Status Registration (Ordinance No. 81-02 of 29 June 1981): Article 74. (1) A married woman may exercise a trade different from her husband. (2) The husband may object to the exercise of such a trade in the interest of the marriage or their children. Take Action – Cameroon President Paul Biya Office of the President Yaoundé CAMEROON Email: cellcom@prc.cm cameroon.mission@yahoo.com (Mission to the UN in New York) Twitter: @PR_Paul_BIYA (3) The President of the Court with jurisdiction shall decide by order on such an objection by the husband within ten days of being seized of the matter. His decision shall be rendered free of charge and shall be taken only after the parties have been heard. Note: Preamble to the Constitution of Cameroon: All persons shall have equal rights and obligations. The State shall provide all its citizens with the conditions necessary for their development . . . The State shall guarantee all citizens of either sex the rights and freedoms set forth in the Preamble of the Constitution. Article 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon, 1972: (2) The Republic of Cameroon shall be a decentralized unitary State…. It shall ensure the equality of all citizens before the law.