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Summary of US and UN Platforms for Action for Women, 1975-1995 Equality of Rights/Human Rights
Ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Declaration of 1975 as International Women's Year Measures to grant and protect women's rights, including property rights of women within marriage Re-allocate government funds to programs that elevate the status of women Grant unwed mothers, single parents, and children born out of wedlock full fledged rights and support Legislation to protect women's rights within the family Endorse World Population Plan of Action Houston (1977) Ratification of and compliance with international human rights and women's rights treaties Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment Government should enforce all current legislation that affects the lives of disabled women President, Congress, and the administration should implement the recommendations of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals Inclusion of disabled women in 1964 Civil Rights Act Support US participation in and funding of the Intemational Year of the Handicapped as proclaimed by the United Nations for 1981 The right of disabled women to have and keep their children Enact legislation to eliminate discrimination of the basis of sexual preferences including employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, public facilities, government funding, and the military Reform penal codes or repeal laws that restrict private sexual behavior between consenting adults Prohibit consideration of sexual orientation as a factor in any judicial determination of child custody or visitation rights Copenhagen (1980) Ratification and implementation of CEDAW Enact legislation guaranteeing women the right to vote, to be elected or appointed to political office, and to exercise public functions on equal terms with men Legislation to accelerate full and equal participation of women and to eliminate existing inequalities between women and men Provision of counseling and legal aid for women for effective legal protection Distribute information about apartheid and racism and its effects on women in S. Africa in particular, and involve all women in efforts to eradicate apartheid and racism, and to promote and maintain peace Reject as inhuman all policies that perpetuate apartheid, racial segregation, or any other ideologies based on theories that racial groups are inherently superior or inferior Sever all ties with apartheid regimes and widely distribute information on the effects of apartheid Nairobi (1985) Ratification of CEDAW Enforce and monitor legislation against systemic and de facto discrimination against women Establish law reform committees with equal representation of women and men to review all laws Equal rights for married women Right of all women to administer, sell and buy property, inherit, and invest Right to divorce granted equally to both women and men; nondiscriminatory child custody Eliminate discrimination against single mothers and their children Legislation to end degradation of women through sex-related crimes Educational campaign to abolish discriminatory perceptions, practices, and attitudes by 2000 Educate women about their legal and political rights Ratify the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid Women's Linkage Caucus (7/95)* Ratify and accede to CEDAW so that universal ratification can be achieved by the year 2000. (1230b) Limit the extent of reservations on CEDAW to ensure that no reservation is incompatible with the purpose of the Convention. (1230d) Draft Optional Protocol to CEDAW to establish a right of petition
procedure that can enter into force before the year 2000. Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (1274a) Review national laws including customary laws in the areas of family, civil, penal, labor and commercial law in order to ensure implementation of all relevant international human rights instruments. (1232d) Ensure a gender perspective in national programs of action and in human rights and democratic institutions. (1158d) Provide the resources necessary for the adequate investigation and punishment of violations of human lights of women. (1158d) Repeal national laws which discriminate against lesbians, women and girls with disabilities, and women refugees. (1158d bis) Develop and amend policies to ensure the survival, protection, development and advancement of the girl child to promote and protect the full enjoyment of her human rights. (1274f) Eliniinate all forms of discrimination against the girl child and the root causes of son preference, which result in harmful practices such as female infanticide and prenatal sex selection. (1277d) Achieve legal literacy by providing information on the human rights instruments available to the public such as CEDAW. (1233g) Consider what legal safeguards may be required to prevent discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. (1232h) Encourage the creation of linguistically and culturally accessible services for documented and undocumented migrant women and girls who are victims of gender-based violence. (192) *The Women's Linkage Caucus is an international coalition of NGOS, coordinated by the Women's Environmental and Development Organization, in preparation for the FWCW. These are selected amendments from the Caucus draft document. UN Draft (5/95)** [Use constitutional guarantees and legislation to prohibit sex-based discrimination; embody the principle of gender equality in law, and [consider] reviewing national laws to eliminate sex discrimination injustice systems and criminal law and procedures. (232B-D, L,M) Ratify CEDAW and consider ratifying the LJN Convention on the Rights of the Child (274A) Draft an Optional Protocol to CEDAW [creating the right to petition and inquiry] before the year 2000. (230L) Enact legislation to guarantee gender-equal succession and inheritance rights.] (274D) Strictly enforce laws on minimum legal age of consent and of marriage. (274E) [Eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child including son preference.] (277C) Create, improve and implement national plans to promote and protect human rights. (230E,F,G) Mainstream women's human rights throughout the UN system. (231 A,C) Implement recommendations from the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights, and ensure coordination among the human rights bodies to promote women's human rights. (231 B,F-H) [Consider legal safeguards to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation and lifestyle.] (232H) Disseminate and translate into local and indigenous languages and into easily understandable, alternative formats, laws, conventions, and other information on the equal status and human rights of all women. ('Z-133A,B) Investigate and punish security forces who, in armed conflict, perpetrate violent acts against women and violate their human rights. (147H; 1490;233 H) [Provide appropriate emergency relief and long term assistance to refugee and displaced women and children.] (149F) Ratify international instruments related to protecting women and children in armed conflict. (146A,B) **Bracketed text reflects language still under consideration by the Commission on the Status of Women that will be discussed at the Fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995. Consensus has been achieved on language without brackets.
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