Linda Tarr-Whelan is a Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow on Women's Leadership and a former Ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
CEDAW is the international treaty that affirms equal rights for women around the world. The United States has never ratified this agreement. It’s far past time to do so.
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