Originally published on the CGS blog on May 6, 2010.
Here Don Kraus, CEO, and Abby Long, Programs Coordinator, talk about why CEDAW is so important:
We know that women and girls around the world face violence and discrimination daily. We also know that CEDAW, the Women’s Treaty, helps women and girls to go to school, to own and inherit property, to take part in public life, and to fight violence and oppression. We need Senate action on the CEDAW Treaty (the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) to give the U.S. greater clout to help women worldwide win these basic rights.
This Mother’s Day, GlobalSolutions.org is working with dozens of national partners to ensure that we ratify CEDAW now. Please CLICK HERE to ask your Senators to celebrate Mother’s Day by showing their support for the CEDAW Treaty.
While we celebrate our own mothers and grandmothers today (Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!), let’s stand together for women and girls around the world. Click here to ask your Senators to support CEDAW today.
