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CEDAW (Condoleeza Rice 3/8/07)

          

 
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice                                   March 8, 2007

US State Department

2201 C Street NW

Washington, DC 205020

 
Dear Madame Secretary,

 
To mark the 2007 International Women’s Day, we the undersigned as members of

FAWCO, the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas, the  oldest and largest organization representing  private sector Americans living abroad, urge  you to  express your support and push for final ratification of the CEDAW (Convention to End Discrimination Against Women) treaty.

 
 The United Nations General Assembly adopted the treaty on Dec 18, 1979 and it was subsequently signed by the US in July of 1980.  It had full Senate hearings in 1988, 1990, and 1994 and most recently in 2002. Since that time, the treaty has languished in committee.

 
 The time has truly come for the United States  to join the other 185 countries in the world that have signed this treaty  designed to help guarantee women’s and girls’ rights, to  improve their daily lives,  to help encourage  female education and  to promote women’s self-sufficiency.

 
Surely as one of the few females in a high-level position of authority in this administration, you understand more than most that it is in the vital interests of the United States today to promote the rights of half of the world’s  population.  The US should also encourage the rights of the youngest girls not only  raise the future generation  but also to lead it.  

 

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