Gender Discrimination in the United States Hinders the Realization of Women's Rights

Editor's Note: The China Society for Human Rights Studies on Tuesday issued an article titled "The Long-Standing Issue of Gender Discrimination in the United States Seriously Hinders the Realization of Women's Human Rights within the Country". Full text below:

Eliminating all forms of gender-based discrimination and achieving full equality between men and women are considered to be major hallmarks in the advancement of human civilization. In 1975, the First UN World Conference on Women passed the Declaration of Mexico on the Equality of Women and Their Contribution to Development and Peace. The declaration states: "Equality between women and men means equality in their dignity and worth as human beings as well as equality in their rights, opportunities, and responsibilities." The United States, who always presents itself as a "defender of human rights", has not yet ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which is one of the United Nations' core human rights conventions, nor has it solved its own increasingly serious problem of gender discrimination. This oversight has significantly hampered the realization of women's human rights in the United States.

Chapter 1 Gender-Based Discrimination in the United States