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Ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women

Target: Senator Kerry, Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Help ensure the rights of women around the world by urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women.

Also known as CEDAW (the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women), this treaty is the most complete international agreement on basic rights for women. Yet the U.S. is one of only 8 countries (including Sudan, Iran, and Somalia) who have not yet ratified this important treaty.

Empowering women is one of the most effective ways to end global poverty. Although microfinance is a crucial tool for fighting poverty, it is far more effective in a global environment where women's basic rights are protected and respected.

Please urge the Senate to take the simple step of ratifying CEDAW, and help empower women around the world economically, socially, legally, and politically. It has been nearly 30 years since the U.N. first adopted this treaty, and it is high time that the U.S. join the rest of the world.

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goal: 30,000

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As a concerned citizen, I urge you in your role as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support U.S. ratification of the Treaty for the Rights of Women (officially the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, or CEDAW). There are 185 nations who have already ratified this important treaty, leaving the U.S. as one of only eight countries (including Sudan, Somalia, Qatar, and Iran) who have yet to ratify CEDAW.

The ratification of CEDAW by the United States Senate would serve as a powerful tool in fighting the discrimination and violence women face around the world and in ending global poverty.

When women are empowered financially, legally, educationally and physically, their families, communities and societies flourish. Microfinance efforts have proven that financially empowered women invest in the nutritional, health and educational needs of their children, helping to lift their families and communities out of poverty permanently.

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We took action on “Ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women”!

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2:53 pm PST, Nov 21, Marvin Laurence, California

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2:50 pm PST, Nov 21, Jason M. Waldo, Tennessee

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2:49 pm PST, Nov 21, Karen Szatkowski, California
Why do we women let our government get away with this!

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2:48 pm PST, Nov 21, Thom Laz, Washington
when women are treated as less than men, the world suffers. it is not funny that the US is grouped with such forward thinking countries IRAN, SUDAN, and SOMALIA. It says something about our senators, doesn't it.

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2:47 pm PST, Nov 21, Jeanne Ruggles, Massachusetts

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2:47 pm PST, Nov 21, Joan Brandmeier, Minnesota
It's time.

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2:46 pm PST, Nov 21, Margaret Webster, New York
It's the 21st Century and we woman are still pawns for men. Men think that woman are put here on earth for them to use and abuse; as I see happening daily in the Thrid World Countries. Some times leading to un-wanted pregnacies! Woman from all over the world need to fell impowered, that they have the same rights as men; NOW is the time to do forge ahead and correct this problem. All woman and men should have the same rights!

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2:44 pm PST, Nov 21, Julianne Craig, Missouri

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2:43 pm PST, Nov 21, Rhonda Wozniak, Massachusetts
Senator Kerry - Please pass this bill for equal rights for women.

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2:41 pm PST, Nov 21, Jan Novotny, Florida

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2:41 pm PST, Nov 21, Claire Cohen, Oregon

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2:40 pm PST, Nov 21, Colleen Cothern, Illinois

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2:39 pm PST, Nov 21, Jeremy Uliss, New York

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2:37 pm PST, Nov 21, Peggy Larson, Vermont

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2:35 pm PST, Nov 21, Pamela Reichman, Idaho

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2:31 pm PST, Nov 21, Deborah Christensen RN, New Mexico

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2:29 pm PST, Nov 21, Thomas Doran, Colorado

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2:27 pm PST, Nov 21, Susan Pattie, Arizona

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2:26 pm PST, Nov 21, Kathryn McGibben, Washington
Dear Senator Kerry, Please tell your fellow male Senator's for me "Gentlemen It Is Time"! Thank you

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2:25 pm PST, Nov 21, Michael Holzman, Arizona

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2:24 pm PST, Nov 21, Sharyn Rose White, California

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2:23 pm PST, Nov 21, Mary Anne Schlosser, California

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2:15 pm PST, Nov 21, Paul Oostenbrug, Illinois

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2:14 pm PST, Nov 21, Diane Shaughnessy, Washington

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2:11 pm PST, Nov 21, Thomas Crothers, Kentucky

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2:09 pm PST, Nov 21, Patricia Layden, Washington
Isn't it past time to admit women as equal partners in humanity??

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2:09 pm PST, Nov 21, David M. Buerge, Washington

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2:08 pm PST, Nov 21, Josi Mata, Texas

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1:52 pm PST, Nov 21, Sr. Cindy Turner, OCV, California

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1:51 pm PST, Nov 21, Christine Luke, California

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1:40 pm PST, Nov 21, Susan Scholl, Missouri

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1:37 pm PST, Nov 21, Susan Murray, California

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1:37 pm PST, Nov 21, Jeanne Walters, Colorado

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