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HEADWAY CAPS INTERNATIONAL CO.,INC. affirms the role of
women in nation building and ensures the substantive equality of wom-
en and men. It shall promote empowerment of women and pursue equal
opportunities for women and men and ensure equal access to resources
and to development results and outcome. Further, the HEADWAY CAPS
INTERNATIONAL CO.,INC.realizes that equality of men and women en-
tails the abolition of the unequal structures and practices that perpetuate
discrimination and inequality.

Further, the company condemns discrimination against women in
all its forms and pursues by all appropriate means and without delay the
policy of eliminating discrimination against women

I. DEFINITION OF TERMS

A.) “Discrimination Against Women” refers to any gender-based
distinction, exclusion, or restriction which has the effect or purpose of im-
pairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise by women, irre-
spective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of
human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social,
cultural, civil, or any other field.
It includes any act or omission, including by law; policy, administrative
measure, or practice, that directly or indirectly excludes or restricts women
in the recognition and promotion of their rights and their access to and en-
joyment of opportunities, benefits, or privileges.

B “Violence Against Women” refers to any act of gender-based
violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psycho-
logical harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion,
or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private
life.

II. DUTY OF HEADWAY CAPS INTERNATIONAL CO.,INC.
(a) Refrain from discriminating against women and violating their
rights;

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