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  • 8/9/2019 Fact Sheet: Womens Leadership and CEDAW, The Womens Treaty

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    FactSheet:

    WomensLeadershipand

    CEDAW:TheWomensTreaty

    VisibleGains:CEDAWImplementationAroundtheWorld

    CEDAWcitedtodrivesextraffickingpreventioninitiative

    TreatyUsedtoadvanceequalityineducationandliteracy

    CEDAWdriveseffortstostopdomesticviolence

    COUNTRIESCOMMITMENTSUNDERCEDAW

    Takeconcretestepstoensureequalityofbasichumanrightsformenandwomen

    Createmeasurestoeliminatediscriminationandprocedurestoenforcethem

    Providenationalreportsonprogresseveryfouryears

    PROGRESSONCEDAW AdoptedbytheUNGeneralAssemblyin1979 SignedbyPresidentCarterin Ratifiedby186countries

    USSTANCEONRATIFICATION

    TheUSremainstheonlydevelopedcountrythathasnotratifiedCEDAW

    Onlyfiveothercountrieshavenotratified,includingSudan,IranandSomalia

    PresidentObama,VicePresidentBiden,SecretaryofStateHilaryClinton,andAmbassadorSusanRicefirmlysupportCEDAW.

    ThetreatymustbeconsideredbytheSenateForeignRelationsCommitteeandapprovedby2/3ofthe

    Senate

    The Convention on the Eliminationof All Forms of DiscriminationAgainstWomen (CEDAW), also knownas the

    WomensTreaty,isaninternationalagreementonbasichumanrightsforwomen.

    ImprovedWomensLiteracy

    andAccesstoEducation

    SanFrancisco:HowWomenLedLocalCEDAWRatification

    Inthelate1990s,womenfromgovernmentandadvocacy

    groupspushedforCEDAWratification.TheWomens

    InstituteforLeadershipDevelopmentforHumanRights

    (WILD),CityBoardofSupervisorspresidentBarbara

    Kaufmann,andmembersofthelocalCommissiononthe

    StatusofWomenleadtheeffort.

    InApril1998,SanFransciscobecamethefirstUScityto

    ratifyCEDAW.

    By2008,newresourceswerebeingmadeavailabletomeet

    unmetneedssuchassexualabusecounselingofgirlsinthe

    juvenilejusticesystem,flexibleworkschedulescitywide,and

    improvedstreetlightinginpoorlylitareas,writesLinda

    TarrWhelaninWomenLeadtheWay.Manymorewomen

    werealsobeingappointedtoboardsandcommissions.

    AdvocacyfromwithinandwithoutSanFranciscos

    governmentmadeprogressonCEDAWpossible.The

    womensmovementhasconcentratedonOutsiderwork:

    advocating,marching,challengingdiscrimination,and

    bangingonthedoorforentrytochangethewaybusinessis

    done.ButasSanFranciscosjourneytoCEDAWratification

    shows,wealsoneedanewroadmapthataddsanInsider

    strategy,saysTarrWhelan.

    Sources:SanFranciscoDepartmentontheStatusofWomen,CEDAWTimeline.

    http://www.sfgov.org/site/dosw_page.asp?id=107874.

    Formoreinformation,visitwww.womenstreaty.org.


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