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(b) the same rights to choose freely a spouse and to enter into marriage
only with their free and full consent. The betrothal and the marriage
of a child shall have no legal effect;
(c) the joint decision on the number and spacing of their children and
to have access to the information, education and means to enable
them to exercise these rights;
(d) the same personal rights between spouses including the right to
choose freely a profession and an occupation;
(e) the same rights for both spouses in respect of the ownership,
acquisition, management, administration, enjoyment and disposition
of property;
(f) the same rights to properties and resources, whether titled or not,
and inheritance, whether formal or customary; and
(g) women shall have equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain
their nationality. The State shall ensure in particular that neither
marriage to an alien nor change of nationality by the husband
during marriage shall automatically change the nationality of the
wife, render her stateless or force upon her the nationality of the
husband. Various statutes of other countries concerning dual
citizenship that may be enjoyed equally by women and men shall
likewise be considered.
Customary laws shall be respected: Provided, however, That they do not
discriminate against women.
CHAPTER IV
RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT OF MARGINALIZED SECTORS
Women in marginalized sectors are hereby guaranteed all civil, political,
social and economic rights recognized, promoted and protected under existing
laws including, but not limited to, the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act, the
Urban Development and Housing Act, the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform