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The article talks about the perceptions that exist in the United States with regards to the implementation of CEDAW. It addresses the factors that contributed to making the United States one of the very few countries in the world that failed to adopt the treaty.
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Why is it important?
The article stems its importance from the importance of the international treaty of CEDAW that deals comprehensively with all forms of discrimination against women. the article's focus on the position of the United States that has failed so far to adopt and implement such treaty despite its self-declared position as one of the leading countries in the world in the field of human rights protection.
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This article provides a much needed understanding as to why the United States has chosen not to ratify CEDAW until now in a very simple but comprehensive analysis.
Saleh Al Shraideh
American University in the Emirates
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This page is a summary of: CEDAW in the Eyes of the United States, Journal of Legal Studies, December 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/jles-2017-0014.
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