GENDER: U.N. Women's Treaty Weakened by Slew of Reservations
Friday, 12.18.2009, 10:40am (GMT)
UNITED NATIONS,Dec 8(IPS)-A landmark U.N. treaty on women’s rights, whichwill be 30 years old next week,is in danger of beingpolitically undermined by a slew of reservations by 22countriesseeking exemptions from some of the convention’s legalobligations.
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