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      "title": "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): A Fact Sheet",
      "summary": "The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women\n(CEDAW)  (1)  has\nbeen pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since its submission by President\nCarter in 1980. The treaty requires States parties to take all appropriate measures to eliminate\ndiscrimination against women in political and public life, law, education, employment, health care,\ncommercial transactions, and domestic relations. While the Committee briefly considered the treaty\nin 1994, the full Senate has never done so. The Clinton Administration has repeatedly expressed\nsupport for ratification and asked the Senate to give its approval to ratification. This report provides\nan overview of the Convention and U.S. position on possible adherence. \n     1.  \u00a0CEDAW is used as an acronym of the treaty, the\nConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of\nDiscrimination against Women, as well as the treaty body, the United Nations Committee on the\nElimination\nof Discrimination against Women.",
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