After 30 Years, Call on the US Senate to Adopt Global Women's Rights Treaty

Mindy Townsend
Mindy Townsend
Topeka, KS, United StatesCreated November 19, 2010

After 30 Years, Call on the US Senate to Adopt Global Women's Rights Treaty

Topeka, KS, United States
Created November 19, 2010

The Issue

For the first time in eight years, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is considering the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for a vote by the full Senate. Tell the Senators that this important human rights treaty must have its day!

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The Issue

For the first time in eight years, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is considering the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for a vote by the full Senate. Tell the Senators that this important human rights treaty must have its day!

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Mindy TownsendPetition Starterreluctant lawyer and lover of music, with a weakness for British science fiction

The Decision Makers

Former U.S. Senate
8 Members
Barbara Boxer
Former US Senate - California
Johnny Isakson
Former US Senate - Georgia
William Cowan
Former US Senate - Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
7 Members
Christopher Murphy
U.S. Senate - Connecticut
Timothy Scott
U.S. Senate - South Carolina
John Barrasso
U.S. Senate - Wyoming

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