About This Campaign
Thank you for joining us and millions of others in the United States who are members of more than 200 leading organizations supporting U.S. ratification of the Treaty for the Rights of Women (the Treaty).
The Treaty for the Rights of Women is the most complete international agreement on basic rights for women. The Treaty is officially known as the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The United States played an important role in drafting the Treaty, which185 nations have ratified as of March 1, 2007. Ironically, the United States is now one of only eight countries that have yet to ratify CEDAW, alongside Sudan, Somalia, Qatar, Iran, Nauru, Palau and Tonga.
The Treaty for the Rights of Women addresses basic human rights of women and can be a useful tool to:
- Reduce violence against women
- Ensure access to education and health care
- Provide legal recourse against violations of women’s human rights
U.S. failure to ratify the Treaty undermines the powerful principle that human rights of women are universal across all cultures, nations, and religions, and worthy of being guaranteed through international human rights standards. It is time to stand firmly for the rights of women internationally by ratifying this Treaty.
Learn more about the Treaty and the rights of
women worldwide.
