Leaders to Bush Admin.: U.S. Must Reaffirm Historic Women's Human Rights A

[True_Blue]

Another U.S. Withdrawal at the United Nations? Leaders to Bush Admin.: U.S. Must Reaffirm Historic Women's Human Rights Agreement

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Leaders from human rights and women's development organizations are sounding the alarm about the possible U.S. withdrawal from a historic women's human rights agreement currently under review at the United Nations (news - web sites).

Governments are gathering in New York City over the next two weeks to revisit women's progress since the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women met in Beijing in 1995. The U.S. was a leading architect of the Beijing Platform for Action, where 189 countries committed to advancing universal education for girls, ending violence against women, and ensuring access to lifesaving reproductive health care, among other critical issues.

Late yesterday, in quiet negotiations out of the public eye, the Bush administration signaled to other nations that it would not unequivocally reaffirm the commitments made by the United States to the world's women a decade ago.

"I am extremely concerned that the U.S. will withdraw its support for women's human rights on the world's stage," said June Zeitlin, executive director of the Women's Environment and Development Organization. "This is in stark contrast to our government's rhetoric supporting women's rights in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites), and would be a terrible step backward."
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[FloridaPat]

1. There's some agreement or treaty or something - and this may be it -

where everyone has signed it except the US, Saudia Arabia, Iran and a few more countries that don't like women's right.

Anyone suprised?

[WindRavenX]

2. of course * doesn't want to reaffirm it

Empowering women is the exact opposite of what that little fucking facist desires.

[Gloria]

3. So, now, how does withdrawing from this treaty affect Laura Bush's

PR campaign involving women in Afghanistan?? HUH??????????????????


Also heard over the BBC that the US won't be signing on to
a treaty dealing with MERCURY. Australia tagging along.

These people sicken me...cancel "me"...they sicken the world.

[mutus_frutex]

4. Is anyone surprised?

Coming from a country that hasn't ratified the equal rights amendment in more than 80 years??

This is something that pisses me off enormously..

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Maybe THIS will get some more people angry enough to see this

idiot for what he really is...and vote against his minions in the '06 elections.

[Kimber Scott]

6. Wal-Mart just HAS to have a contract for burkas. nt

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. LOL!

It wouldn't surprise me...

[TygrBright]

7. Does anyone else remember...

...the "divestment" movement prompted by apartheid in South Africa?

Why don't we start a "disinvestment" movement aimed at countries where women are treated worse than farm animals?

Get colleges, retirement funds, etc., to divest themselves of all stock in companies doing business in Saudi Arabia and other countries that brutalize women and deny them their human rights?

It took more than twenty years for the movement to gather sufficient momentum to really have an impact in the case of South Africa. So let's get started ASAP.

irritatedly,
Bright

[MiniMe]

9. But, but.....W stands for Women.........

Not!

[GetTheRightVote]

8. Republicans hate women's right and their groups, not suprised at all

:kick:

[DELUSIONAL]

10. The hallmark of the bush administration has been his hatred of women

I posted this a few days ago . . .

DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-20-05 08:54 PM
Response to Reply #36
45. The hallmark of the bush administration has been his hatred of women



He signed the gag order as one of his first order of business after being sworn in.

There is such an obvious bush hatred and fear of women -- which is probably one of the reasons he has taken up with the Fundies -- because they share his contempt for women.

Then Karl Rove was supposedly beaten up by a <gasp> girl and that's why he is so mean today. He, like a serial killer, is trying to kill and re-kill the object of his hatred.

Women who can be man-like are welcomed into the bush administration. These women are used a window dressing to cover up the contempt that the bushies have for women.

This gang knows that the abortion issue is meaningless -- because women WILL get abortions -- this has been going on for thousands and thousands of years. But this issue is being used against the women's movement -- and remember Ass-crotch tried to shut down the women's movement because they dared to boycott Missouri.

bush has a wife -- because she is window dressing and thankfully she gave birth to twins (unfortunately they were female twins).

I remember when I took Abnormal Psy -- years ago. My professor was one of the founders of Sports Psychology. He explained that homosexuality was not abnormal but simply part of the complexity of human beings. However, it was a topic he was supposed to cover under the title of "Abnormal Psy" -- but he taught it as normal non-pathological behavior. He said that a large percentage of professional sports players were homosexual -- but that most of these men were married -- they had arrangements and understandings with their wives. Flashy -- trophy wives were needed as part of their image. Not all Pro-Sports players with trophy wives are gay -- but some are -- he told us. He also said that this sort of arrangement was found in politics -- anywhere a man needed to be married to present a "wholesome" front to the public.

Someone in the bushie gang is Gannon's sugar daddy. And what I got from the Gannon website was a hatred of women. I very much doubt that Gannon would be dressing up in women's dresses like J. Edgar Hoover did. My guess is that these men hate women -- because they exist because of women.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1602600#1611775

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. I don't think thy really hate women...

It's just that they don't view us as anything more significant than breeding stock.

[True_Blue]

18. Fundies hate women

They aren't any different than the Taliban.

[AnnInLa]

11. bushistas will announce

that the accord has something to do with funding abortion and the fundies will clap and cheer, and ignore that the accord advances the rights of women in general.

[depakid]

12. Might as well withdraw from it

If the country won't honor its provisions- and it isn't- then it's better to simply say so.

It does more harm, IMHO to render these agreements meaningless by virtue of a government's actions than sign on to something with no intention whatsoever of following through.

[LizW]

15. Republicans hate women

They are pro-repression, pro-rape, pro-forced childbearing, anti-equal pay for equal work, anti-education, and pro-female slavery. And not just for women in third world countries. For US here in this country, too.

Increased violence against women is inevitable under this regime.

Everything they do proves this. We need to start calling it what it is.

LOOK at their poster girl, the pathetic starved parody of a woman, Ann Coulter. Watch her desperately trying to earn the approval of the Republican men. The Republicans would have us all on our knees if they could.

We MUST speak this truth and keep on speaking it until women listen. 54% of voters in the presidential election of 2004 were women.

[Me.]

16. Dirty Bastards

XXX&&$%FR#@XXXSSEE#$$$%%%^^ is the best thing I can say about this. Burkas must be next.

[parsifal_e]

17. I don't see the logic in this .....

what will they lose by saying "yes"

Is there a financial obligation involved ?
cheap bastards.