Below you will find recent LAA news items:
On January 31, 2012, The Mayor and City Council of Berkeley, California adopted the “Operative Principles of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women”. This was no mere resolution. It established Chapter 13.20 in the Berkeley Municipal Code “to protect the public health, safety and welfare. It does this by seeking to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women within the city.” To read that ordinance, see: http://www.mcli.org/CEDAW%20Ordinance%202012-02-14.pdf
In 1998, the City of San Francisco passed their CEDAW ordinance. To learn more, see the City & County of San Francisco’s Dept. on the Status of Women: http://www.sfgov3.org/index.aspx?page=2904
On Feb. 2, 2012, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported favorably out of committee S. 1925: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011. It now goes to the Senate as a whole for a vote.
On Feb. 14th, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended that S. 413: International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2011 be considered by the Senate as a whole for a vote.
PLEASE NOTE: The District 6 Advocacy Projects adopted at Fall Conference 2010, needed to be updated due to new Bills & Resolutions introduced during the 112th Congressional Session. Here are the ones we are now following that reflect the original advocacy issues.