Women’s Rights on the Line
A vote in Congress tomorrow (6/10) will decide the fate of a new Office of Global Women’s Issues, a key provision of the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA).
The creation of this office would mean major advancements in healthcare, poverty reduction and U.S. foreign policies aiming to empower and improve the lives of women worldwide. But opposition groups are trying to de-rail this piece of legislation by spreading misinformation about what this office would really do. They claim that this legislation would hurt women’s rights. Nothing could be further from the truth.
This new office is about:
- helping the U.S. meet its foreign policy goals of economic stability and poverty reduction
- advancing the global fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic and other health crises, and
- pushing the United States to finally take a leadership role in the fight to end violence against women and girls globally
These last moments really count and your Representatives need to hear that you care about women’s rights. Please take a moment today to tell Congress to support the Office for Global Women’s Issues. Thank you!
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Tags: amnesty international, human rights, International Violence Against Women Act, IVAWA, office of global women's issues, svaw, violence aginst women, women's rights
June 11th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
[...] Earlier this week we asked you to take quick action for women’s rights. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to make the U.S. Office for Global Women’s Issues permanent. [...]
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June 19th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
We need to bring a forum or meetup to Charlotte, NC avocating human rights. What can we do to accomplish this task?
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June 22nd, 2009 at 11:20 am
Having this office will be absolutely vital! Also important will be the passing of the Paycheck Fairness Act which will ensure that there will be no gender discrimination for equal work.
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