International holdout: around the world, empowering women is considered essential. So why isn't America on board?(Human Rights)
American Prospect, The, October, 2004 by Chesler, Ellen
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO this December, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), a global "bill of rights" that is both visionary and comprehensive. In the waning days of his presidency, Jimmy Carter hurriedly signed the convention and sent it to the U.S.
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Senate for ratification. But it has languished there ever since, held up by intransigent conservatives opposing both international obligations and women's rights. One hundred seventy seven countries around the world have signed ...
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