CEDAW MAY MOBILIZATION

Action 1

Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202/224-3121 and urge Senators to support women around the world by
ratifying the Treaty for the Rights of Women.

Talking Points

Hello my name is ______. I am a constituent of the Senator. I would like to speak to the staff person who handles international human rights.

Thank you for taking my call. I would like to urge the Senator to support the Treaty for the Rights of Women, officially the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

The Treaty is very important to me because it is the most complete international agreement on basic human rights for women.

You may know that millions of people across this country, who are members of more than 200 leading organizations, are pressing for U.S. ratification of this Treaty. (These groups range from the AARP and Amnesty International, to Business and Professional Women and the American Association of University Women, to B’nai B’rith International and the American Bar Association.)

In honor of Mother’s Day and the many women around the world who depend on this Treaty for their human rights, I would like to urge the Senator to publicly support the Treaty for the Rights of Women and ask that the Senator place a statement in the Congressional Record calling for U.S. ratification of this Treaty.

This Call to Action and Materials have been developed and distributed by Amnesty International USA.