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FAWCO Equal Rights Amendment Resolution (March 2004)

Unanimous Resolution from the Council
FAWCO Interim Conference
March 24-29, 2004 - The Hague, Netherlands
(Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, Inc.)

 

FAWCO (the Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, Inc.), a non-partisan organization with more than 17,000 members in 33 countries, endorses the Equal Rights Amendment and urges its timely ratification by the following states:

Alabama   Mississippi
Arizona   Missouri
Arkansas   Nevada
Florida   North Carolina
Georgia   Oklahoma
Illinois   South Carolina
Louisiana   Utah
  Virginia  

Text of the Equal Rights Amendment

Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.


Lucy L., U.S. Liaison

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