Media Coverage of CEDAW
August 13, 2003: “Iran Hard-line Body Rejects Bill to Join UN Women’s Rights Agreement,” Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press
May 13, 2003: “African Widows Left Destitute by Relatives Snatching Property,” Article by Geraldine Sealey, Christian Science Monitor
Jan. 30, 2003: “In One U.S. City, Life Under a UN Treaty on Women,” Article by Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor
Oct. 16, 2002: “Tackling War, Art and Peace,” Commentary by Connie Lauerman, Chicago Tribune
Oct. 10, 2002: “U.S. Should Ratify Treaty Protecting Women,” Letter to the Editor by Amnesty International Members, The Indianapolis Star
Sept. 29, 2002: “Advocate’s Fight Goes Beyond National,” by Scott Micheaux, The Augusta Chronicle (GA)
Sept. 29, 2002: “The Internation Women’s Rights Treaty,” KUSA TV—Channel 9 News (Denver, CO)
Sept. 25, 2002: “US Should Join the World in Defining Women’s Rights,” Op Ed by Martha Davis, Boston Globe
Sept. 23, 2002: “Money Where His Mouth Is: Bush talks a good game on women’s rights. But talk is cheap.” by Noy Thrupkaew, American Prospect Magazine
Sept. 16, 2002: “Q: Should the U.S. Senate ratify the CEDAW treaty?; YES: It would advance women’s rights in education, employment and health care,” by Terry O’Neill, Insight on the News (Washington DC)
Sept. 14: 2002: “Outside View: For Women’s Sake, Pass CEDAW,” Op Ed by Barber and Charlotte Conable, United Press International
Sept. 14, 2002: “Violence of Another Kinda Also Grips Island,” by Rahel Saheed and Marty Radlett, The Washington Times
Sept. 11, 2002: “What Will it Take to End Violence Against Women?,” Chicago Tribune
Sept. 11, 2002: “Global Effort On Health,” Chicago Tribune
Sept. 6, 2002: “U.S. Considers Anti-Discrimination Treaty,” Daily Illini (University of Illinios)
Sept. 4, 2002: “Exploding U.S. Hypocrisy in Women’s Rights Rhetoric,” Op Ed by Victoria Harris, Brown Daily Herald (Brown University)
Sept. 4, 2002: “Unfinished business for women,” Commentary by Martha Burk, Dodge City Daily Globe (KS)
Sept. 4, 2002: “What the Media Does Not Cover,” Commentary by Chris Moore, Daily Antheneaum (West Virginia University)
Sept. 2, 2002: “Senator’s Not Gone, But Already He’s History,” Wilmington Star News (NC)
Sept. 1, 2002: “Women’s ‘Roar’ is Too Loud to Ignore,” Op Ed by Diane Carman, The Denver Post
August 28, 2002: “Coalition Seeks to Help Women,” Contra-Costa Times (Creek, CA)
August 26, 2002: “Let’s Hear It for This Year’s Heavies,” Column by Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe
August 23, 2002: “Decency for Women: Why Won’t President Bush Support It?” Editorial, Minneapolis Star Tribune
August 16, 2002: “Bush vs. Women,” Op-Ed by Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
August 7, 2002: “A Step Forward for Treaty,” Chicago Tribune
August 4, 2002: “A Good Vote by Smith: Oregon Senator Supports Women’s Rights Treaty,” Editorial, The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
August 4, 2002: “A Vote for Women Worldwide,” Editorial, The Tennessan (Nashville, TN)
August 4, 2002: “Time to Ratify,” Editorial, Star-Telegram (Ft. Worth, TX)
August 4, 2002: “Haven’t we learned from mucking around in other countries?” Op Ed, Des Moines Register (IA)
August 2, 2002: “It’s Time U.S. Ratified Women’s Rights Treaty,” Op Ed by Senator Biden, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
August 2, 2002: “Women’s Rights Treaty Deserves U.S. Support,” Editorial, Roanoke Times (VA)
August 1, 2002: “Equal Rights or Radical Fems? It Simply Aids Women’s Equality,” Op Ed by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, New York Daily News
July 31, 2002: “Senate Panel Approves Treaty Banning Bias Against Women,” The New York Times
July 31, 2002: “Women’s Rights Treaty Sent to Senate,” Washington Post
July 31, 2002: “U.N. Women’s Rights Treaty Will Go to Full Senate,” Washington Times
July 30, 2002: “Senate Democrats Push Women’s Rights Treaty,” Reuters News Service
July 30, 2002: “Women’s Treaty Revives Old Debates,” Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA)
July 28, 2002: “The Horrors Many Women Face,” Editorial, Chicago Tribune
July 27, 2002: “Washington and Women,” Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle
July 26, 2002: “Treaty Rankles Helms,” The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
July 26, 2002: “Senate Panel Delays Vote on Equality Treaty,” Washington Post
July 25, 2002: “President Had Deserted Women’s Rights,” Op Ed by Helen Thomas, Houston Chronicle (Thomas is a Washington, D.C.-based columnist for the Hearst Newspapers)
July 25, 2002: “Women Shortchanged by Bush Administration,” Editorial, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (IN)
July 25, 2002: “Helms Asks Women’s Treaty Vote Delay,” Associated Press
July 25, 2002: “UN Women’s Treaty Molds San Francisco Government,” Women’s ENews
July 23, 2002: “U.S. Retreats on Pact Backing Women’s Rights,” Scripps Howard News Service
July 18, 2002: “Ratify Women’s Treaty: Smith’s Vote Will Be Crucial in Senate,” Editorial, The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
July 18, 2002: “Senate Panel to Defy Bush, Vote on Women’s Treaty,” The Washington Post
July 17, 2002:” Senate should OK treaty on women’s rights Thursday,” Editorial, The Iola Register (Iola, KS)
July 17, 2002: “The ERA revisited. Womens’ Rights,” Editorial, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 17, 2002: “If Not Now, Then When? Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle
July 17, 2002: “U.S. Ratification of Women’s Treaty Overdue,” Editorial, Journal-Gazette (Ft. Wayne, IN)
July 17, 2002: “A Treaty to Advance Women’s Rights Globally,” Letter to the Editor by Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., The Wall Street Journal (New York, NY)
July 14, 2002: “Justice for Women,” Op-Ed by Ellen Goodman, The Boston Globe (This opinion piece has run in numerous U.S. papers.)
July 8, 2002: “Ashcroft [heart] Iran,” Op-Ed, The Nation
July 8, 2002: “Senate Explores Signing Discrimination Treaty,” The Dallas Morning News
July 7, 2002: “White House Watch: Women and the World,” Op-Ed, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 22, 2002: “Time to ratify treaty,” The Daily News (Galveston County, TX)
June 22, 2002: “Yes to the Bible, No to the Treaty,” Salon.com
June 20, 2002: “Refugee Women’s Plight,” Editorial, The New York Times
June 19, 2002: “Women’s Treaty Gets Burst of Energy in U.S.,” Chicago Tribune
June 19, 2002: “Senate Should Ratity Women’s Rights Treaty,” Editorial, Oakland Tribune (CA)
June 18, 2002: “Women’s Rights: Why Not?,” Op-Ed, The New York Times
June 14, 2002: “Women’s Treaty Finds New Life,” Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
:June13, 2002: “Senate Needs to Ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women,” Op-Ed, Sens. Joseph R. Biden and Barbara Boxer, San Francisco Chronicle
June 12, 2002: “Women’s Rights: Time to Ratify Treaty,” Editorial, Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
June 12, 2002: “U.S. should ratify treaty outlawing discrimination against women,“Letter to the Editor, Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN)
May 14, 2002: “Global Women’s Rights Treaty Gets Second Wind,” Women’s ENews
March 29, 2002: “Back Women’s Rights,” Editorial, Contra-Costa Times (Contra Costa, CA)