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handle is hein.crs/crsahbg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS20097 March 1, 1999 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): A Fact Sheet Chikako Ohara Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division* Summary The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)l has been pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since its submission by President Carter in 1980. The treaty requires States parties to take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in political and public life, law, education, employment, health care, commercial transactions, and domestic relations. While the Committee briefly considered the treaty in 1994, the full Senate has never done so. The Clinton Administration has repeatedly expressed support for ratification and asked the Senate to give its approval to ratification. This report provides an overview of the Convention and U.S. position on possible adherence. Background The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, a single comprehensive treaty, was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1979. In 1981, after receiving the necessary 20 ratifications, the Convention entered into force. As of January 1999, 163 countries had ratified the treaty. (See Appendix for a list of countries.) Some countries have filed reservations to a portion or portions of the Convention that conflict with existing national, customary or religious law, in areas such as nationality, citizenship, and family property, as well as women's participation in the military and the clergy .2 Some countries have objected to other countries' reservations. *This report was prepared under general supervision of Vita Bite of Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division. 1CEDAW is used as an acronym of the treaty, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as the treaty body, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. 2The Convention permits ratification subject to reservations that are not incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention. Congressional Research Service + The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web

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