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After 30 Years, Call on the US Senate to Adopt Global Women's Rights Treaty
  1. Signatures
    501 out of 1,000
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    1. Sen. Barbara Boxer (+ 15 others)
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      • Sen. Barbara Boxer (CA)
      • Sen. Robert Menendez (NJ)
      • Sen. Jim Webb (VA)
      • Sen. Bob Corker (TN)
      • Sen. Russ Feingold (WI)
      • Sen. John Barrasso (WY)
      • Sen. Chris Dodd (CT)
      • Sen. Johnny Isakson (GA)
      • Sen. John Kerry (MA)
      • Sen. Benjamin Cardin (MD)
      • Sen. Roger Wicker (MS)
      • Sen. Robert Casey (PA)
      • Sen. Jim DeMint (SC)
      • Sen. James Risch (ID)
      • Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
      • Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
  2. Created By
    Mindy Townsend
    Topeka, KS
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

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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CEDAW

Greetings,

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). However, 30 years later, the United States has still not ratified this international human rights treaty. Now is the time to get CEDAW out of committee and put it to a vote on the floor of the Senate.

Even though the United States was instrumental in drafting the treaty, we are in the company of Iran, Sudan and Somalia as one of the few nations that have not ratified it. CEDAW is the most comprehensive international human rights instrument dealing with women’s human rights. Ratifying this treaty would send the message that women’s lives are valued and worthy of protection.

It is shameful that the United States, as the leader of the free world, has not ratified this important convention. As members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, please approve this treaty and allow it to be voted on by the full Senate.

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