Historic Hearing on CEDAW

Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law Hearing
on The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Thursday, November 18, 2010

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Senator Richard J. Durbin(D-IL)
Chair, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
On Human Rights and the Law

 

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Government Panel

Melanie Verveer

Melanne Verveer
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
U.S. Department of State

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Samuel Bagentos

Samuel Bagentos
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Rights Civil Rights Division

U.S. Department of State

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Non-Governmental Organizations Panel

Geena Davis

Geena Davis
Actor and Founder,
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

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Wazhma Frogh

Wazhma Frogh
Policy and Advocacy Specialist

Afghan Women’s Network

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Marcia Greenberger

Marcia Greenberger
Founder and Co-President

National Women’s Law Center

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