Presidential Debate: Ask About Women’s Rights Treaty/CEDAW

The third and final presidentail debate is scheduled for Monday, October 22, with a focus on foreign policy.

Please click here to ask moderator Bob Scheiffer to address women’s rights issues,  by asking the candidates about the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Women’s Rights Treaty.

Presidential Debate Moderator: Ask About the Women’s Rights Treaty/CEDAW

While our nation has made undeniable progress in advancing women’s rights in recent decades, we still have a long way to go. One significant milestone on our way to equality will be the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Women’s Rights Treaty.

 

Women continue to be targets of sexual and domestic violence — at home and abroad. We are discriminated against in the workplace and elsewhere. Women in the U.S. and every other nation suffer from more poverty, less access to health care, less access to a livable wage, and barriers to equal education. The Women’s Rights Treaty/CEDAW is a valuable instrument for combating these wrongs. It embodies the basic democratic values of fairness and equal opportunity. Ratification does not require any federal appropriations. Moreover, women across the political spectrum support CEDAW’s ratification.

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