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Obama, Don't Take Female Vote for Granted -- Earn It!!!

Laura Finley | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Republican Party, Female Voters, War on Women, Gender Equality, Republican War on Women, President Obama, 2012 Election, Sandra Fluke, Obama Administration, Contraception, Contraception Debate, Cedaw, Politics News
Laura Finley

Mr. Obama, please take seriously the needs of women and do not presume that the female vote is yours for the taking.

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I'm Ready for a War For Women

Caitlin Kraft Buchman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Cedaw, Women, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Women's Rights, Maternity Leave, International Women's Day, Equal Pay, Politics News
Caitlin Kraft Buchman

Let's end discrimination against women, officially, in the United States of America.

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Joshua Hersh

Clinton Promotes Women's Rights Treaty That U.S. Has Not Joined

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women's Rights Treaty, Melanne Verveer, UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Cedaw, Global Women's Rights, Hillary Clinton, Un, Un Women, Secretary of State Clinton, World News

NEW YORK -- On the eve of high-level meetings for the United Nations' general assembly, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended an event on Monday...

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From Paris to Panama: Why Women Must Speak Out Against Violence in the Workplace and at Home

Nell Merlino | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Vital Voices Global Partnership, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Violence Against Women, International Monetary Fund, Panama, Christine Lagarde, Cedaw, IMF Chief, Women News
Nell Merlino

This message -- that women in the workplace must stand up for themselves -- is one that Christine Lagarde has been trying to express during her campaign to head the IMF.

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The Unfinished Business of Making the World's Women Citizens

Allida Black | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Women's Rights, Women's History Month, Cedaw, Eleanor Roosevelt, United Nations, Politics News
Allida Black

In 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives and other foreign governing bodies still toy with legislation essential to women's identities. If women can be president, why can't they be citizens?

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Exclusive: U.S. Global Women's Issues Ambassador On Human Rights

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Human Rights, Violence Against Women, Cedaw, International Women's Day, International Development, Melanne Verveer, Women's Issues, Global Women's Issues, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

Ambassador Melanne Verveer coordinates foreign policy issues and activities relating to the political, economic and social advancement of women around the world.

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Wow! What a Party for International Women's Day!

Lenora M. Lapidus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cedaw, Women's History Month, Women's Rights, Aclu, International Women's Day, Paycheck Fairness Act, Women's Day, Politics News
Lenora M. Lapidus

Yesterday, the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, was quite a celebration! The day was marked by events, rallies, marches over bridge...

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Getting Your Man to Commit

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Rape, International Women's Day, Toddler, Men, Iraq, Commitment, Cedaw, Civil-Military, Peace, Gender Equality, Military, Human Rights, Treaties, US Senate, Afghansitan, International Women's Day 2011, International Women's Day Centennial, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

While roses and tubs of those Trader Joe's cookies are awesome, there is nothing more sexy than a man who is so self-assured that he'll work to shift the gender-power equation.

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A Stronger Voice for Half the World: "UN Women" to Work for Gender Equality

Kiyotaka Akasaka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cedaw, Gender Equality, Women, UN World Conference on Women, Civil Rights, Gender, United Nations, Mdgs, Violence Against Women, Millennium Development Goals, Unifem, World News
Kiyotaka Akasaka

The unanimous adoption of a resolution that established "UN Women," a new composite entity for gender equality and empowerment of women, was greeted with a loud chorus of approval.

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A Wall That Has Not Yet Fallen

Janet Grillo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, International Women's Rights, United Nations, Sheryl WuDunn, Women's Rights, Human Rights Watch, Hillary Clinton, Nicholas Kristof, Cedaw, Feminism, Politics News
Janet Grillo

We are experiencing a valuable moment of acute public attention to atrocities against women. The time has come to advance the cause of justice for those who are born with two X chromosomes.

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CEDAW: I Didn't Know What It Was, Either

Kristina Brittenham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Cedaw, World News
Kristina Brittenham

Why hasn't the US ratified CEDAW? It's the same reason we're behind on health care reform: there are very powerful lobbies that see CEDAW as a tool for picking their deep pockets.

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No Woman Left Behind: CEDAW and the Stupak-Pitts Amendment

Yalidy Matos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Cedaw, Discrimination Act Against Women, Health Care Abortion, Stupak-Pitts Amendment, Health Care Reform Abortion, Politics News
Yalidy Matos

The United States is one of seven countries that have yet to ratify The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

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The Unfinished Agenda on Women's Equality Day

Carol Peasley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Equality Day, India, Women's Rights, US Ratification of CEDAW, Afghanistan Election 2009, Women's Vote, Afghanistan, Cedaw, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Cedpa, World News
Carol Peasley

Ws we think back on August 26, 1920, we should also look forward. We've come a long way towards achieving equality for women, but we are not yet there.

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US Women Also Have Human Rights Issues

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cedaw, US Ratification of CEDAW, Women's Rights, International Women's Rights, Hungary, United Nations, Politics News
Marianne Mollmann

The Obama administration and the US Senate should make ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women a priority.

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Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Violation

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Vawa, Women Lawyers, Social Justice Advocate, Human Rights Institute, Human Rights Violation, Order of Protection, Caroline Bettingger-Lopez, Women in Law, Domestic Violence, Jessica Gonzales, Jessica Lenahan, Jessica Gonzales v. United States, Restraining Order, Violence Against Women Act, Iachr, Convention for the Elimination of the Discrimination Against Women, Spousal Abuse, Domestic Abuse as a Human Rights Violation, Cedaw, Jessica Gonzales Domestic Abuse, Healthy Living News
Arlene M. Roberts

Jessica Gonzales is a domestic violence survivor. Ms. Gonzales filed suit, alleging violation of her civil rights, but after the Supreme Court rejected her claims, what options remained?

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Obama: Ratify the Women's Convention Soon

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Gender Equality, Civil Rights, US Ratification of CEDAW, George W. Bush, Obama Women, Cedaw, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marjorie Cohn

Although President Carter signed CEDAW in 1980, the treaty has never been sent to the full U.S. Senate for its advice and consent to ratification.

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Past Time for Change: Securing Women's Health and Rights

Adrienne Germain | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Women Health Care, Convention for the Elimination of the Discrimination Against Women, Women Mortality Rate, Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt, United Nations, Cedaw, Obama Administration, Hillary Clinton Women's Rights, US Ratification of CEDAW, Human Rights, CEDAW Ratification, UN Prosecution of Human Rights Offenders, Obama Foriegn Policy, US World Image, Undhr, Healthy Living News
Adrienne Germain

Based on decades of international work, we know that there will be no global peace or security until we secure every woman's right to a just and healthy life.

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