Why, U.S.A.? Why?
The above link is a pretty good opinion piece on how special interest groups have hijacked the passing of a treaty that looks like it was initiated by American feminism transitioning between 2nd and 3rd wave.
The treaty itself is the U.N.'s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW). It expects countries who adopt the treaty to:
But from the CNN link:
I still love it when people insist there is no war on women in the United States.
Thanks for the link, lewisnotmiller.
The above link is a pretty good opinion piece on how special interest groups have hijacked the passing of a treaty that looks like it was initiated by American feminism transitioning between 2nd and 3rd wave.
The treaty itself is the U.N.'s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW). It expects countries who adopt the treaty to:
- to incorporate the principle of equality of men and women in their legal system, abolish all discriminatory laws and adopt appropriate ones prohibiting discrimination against women;
- to establish tribunals and other public institutions to ensure the effective protection of women against discrimination; and
- to ensure elimination of all acts of discrimination against women by persons, organizations or enterprises.
But from the CNN link:
Of the 194 U.N. member nations, 187 countries have ratified CEDAW. The United States is among seven countries that have not -- along with the Pacific island nations of Tonga and Palua; Iran, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan -- not the first countries that come to mind when discussing women's rights.
President Carter sent CEDAW to the U.S. Senate for advice and consent in 1980. It remains in the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The Senate has held hearings on CEDAW five times in the past 25 years but failed each time to bring the treaty to a vote on the floor. Why?
Conservative organizations, such as the Home School Legal Defense Association and Concerned Women for America, vehemently oppose the ratification of all human rights treaties. They insist that human rights treaties violate American sovereignty. Thirty-eight Republican senators demonstrated this last December, when they refused to join their more moderate colleagues in ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
I still love it when people insist there is no war on women in the United States.
Thanks for the link, lewisnotmiller.