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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: 25,000

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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”!

# 20,511:

3:15 pm PST, Nov 8, Angelina Crowley, New York
Dear Senator Kerry, As a woman born in the United States, I feel grateful that I am able to express my rights, vote, work freely, and to get an education. However, women around the globe don't have those same rights. When I came across this petition, I felt it was a duty and a honor to sign this petition. As a woman, this act means so much to me and to voice for women who's voices are voiceless. However, this no longer has to be if this treaty gets ratified. It is important that women's rights are protected and respected. Rights that will give them healthcare, education, and their children out of poverty. So, it's time the CEDAW serve its power in making women's rights successful. Angelina Crowley

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4:50 pm PST, Nov 1, Toni Binion, Washington

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11:16 am PST, Nov 1, Livia Hirsch, Vermont

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6:04 pm PDT, Oct 31, Jo Binion, Colorado
This is long past due. Think of your sisters, wives and daughters.

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4:29 pm PDT, Oct 26, Joan Joesting, Florida

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10:16 am PDT, Oct 23, Miranda Rumpf, Missouri

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7:24 pm PDT, Oct 22, Nicole Tozier, Arizona

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11:45 am PDT, Oct 18, Stuart Schnall, California

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1:06 am PDT, Oct 18, Can Atik, Turkey

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9:49 pm PDT, Oct 16, Name not displayed, Maine

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7:37 pm PDT, Oct 16, Caitlin Schmedlin, Connecticut

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2:31 pm PDT, Oct 15, Carole Hagen, Oregon

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11:44 pm PDT, Oct 14, Michelle Macy, Texas

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12:18 pm PDT, Oct 14, Sharon Jonas, New Mexico

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9:00 am PDT, Oct 14, Jenni Kovich, West Virginia

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4:37 pm PDT, Oct 13, Sunny Petit, Oregon

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8:21 pm PDT, Oct 12, Jessica Nicholson, Virginia

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10:00 pm PDT, Oct 11, Jennifer Fossen, Colorado

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1:42 pm PDT, Oct 11, Christina Anderson, Canada

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5:35 pm PDT, Oct 9, Marilyn Bernstein, Massachusetts

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11:30 am PDT, Oct 7, Stephanie Todd, Tennessee

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4:59 pm PDT, Oct 3, Sarah Cristina Pomar, New York

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11:36 am PDT, Oct 3, Julie Linder, Florida

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8:59 pm PDT, Oct 2, Daniel Klein, New York

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12:44 am PDT, Oct 2, Stephanie Lemon, Washington

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1:11 pm PDT, Sep 30, Name not displayed, Ohio

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9:07 pm PDT, Sep 27, Kara Fleming, Florida

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7:35 pm PDT, Sep 25, Emma Ward, Massachusetts

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9:51 am PDT, Sep 23, Heidi A. Davis, California

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9:37 am PDT, Sep 23, Abhaya A, India

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9:59 pm PDT, Sep 22, Doris Telles, California

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7:09 pm PDT, Sep 22, Jean Dillenberger, California

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9:56 am PDT, Sep 22, Christine Fournier, Massachusetts

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2:30 pm PDT, Sep 20, Harriet Horton, Texas

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9:33 am PDT, Sep 20, Whitney Joynes, Iowa

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9:16 pm PDT, Sep 19, Melanie Waweru, Iowa

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10:26 am PDT, Sep 19, Kyle Henrichs, Montana

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8:46 pm PDT, Sep 18, Evangelia Manthoyianni, Greece

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8:21 pm PDT, Sep 18, Kristen Potter, Missouri

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12:17 pm PDT, Sep 17, Sanford Segal, New York

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10:19 am PDT, Sep 17, Holy The sacred, California

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6:02 pm PDT, Sep 16, Galo Garcia, Florida

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2:15 pm PDT, Sep 15, Krista Lohr, Florida

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12:18 pm PDT, Sep 15, Donna Johnson, Ohio

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8:33 pm PDT, Sep 14, Matt Caporaso, New Jersey

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5:42 pm PDT, Sep 14, K Paul, Pennsylvania

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1:23 pm PDT, Sep 14, Toni Tischer, Colorado

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10:06 am PDT, Sep 14, Samantha Magrath, Maryland

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3:36 pm PDT, Sep 13, Mel Gircre, New York

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1:36 pm PDT, Sep 12, Rachael Leal, Ohio

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12:48 pm PDT, Sep 12, Evan Rodriguez, California

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8:15 pm PDT, Sep 11, Richard Hollister, Arizona

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10:42 am PDT, Sep 11, Deborah Crocker, Minnesota

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8:22 am PDT, Sep 11, Heidemarie Khalek, New York
How can it be that the bill is stuck for so long?

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6:33 am PDT, Sep 11, Kenneth Churm, Pennsylvania

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2:34 am PDT, Sep 11, Debra Bean, Maryland
As a woman this is something that I support and respect. So what are you waiting for?

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12:48 pm PDT, Sep 10, Firelei Perla, Florida

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6:14 am PDT, Sep 10, Name not displayed, Netherlands

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6:38 pm PDT, Sep 9, Name not displayed, Florida

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2:14 pm PDT, Sep 9, Ann Fagan, New York

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12:48 pm PDT, Sep 9, Name not displayed, California

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