It’s an embarrassment. The United States stands nearly alone — joined only by Iran, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and the Pacific Island nations of Palau and Tonga — in failing to ratify CEDAW, the international women’s rights treaty.
A timeline history of the ERA’s history and NOW’s activism on the issue.
NOW will continue to work with our allies to legislatively overrule Vance and Nassar to correct what Justice Ginsburg called ‘this court’s wayward interpretations of Title VII.’ We will also continue to fight for policies that foster racial diversity in higher education — without which communities of color will continue to face unjust barriers in employment and beyond.
His co-sponsorship may have been an accident — almost like an accidental friend request — but support for the ERA should be uncontroversial.
The deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Movement has been removed.
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