Cedaw

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

Kristina Brittenham | Posted 12.18.2009 | World

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 12.15.2009 | Politics

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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A Wall That Has Not Yet Fallen

Janet Grillo | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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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The Unfinished Agenda on Women's Equality Day

Carol Peasley | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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 03.01.2009 | Politics

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 02.12.2009 | Living

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, 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 01.12.2009 | Politics

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 01.09.2009 | Living

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, 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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