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Mothers and Family of the Five Cuban Heroes
End the Travel Ban!
New Cuba Travel Regulations Announced by the White House
The Obama Administration has announced new regulations enabling expanded U.S. citizen travel to Cuba.
The UN has voted and told the US for 18th time to end the embargo. Write President Obama and ask him to agree.
Mr. President, The World is Against US
Ratify CEDAW!
NOW (National Organization for Women) CEDAW Organizing Kit
Feminist Peace Network: There Is NO Excuse For Not Ratifying CEDAW–The Time Is Now
Working Group for Ratification of CEDAW
US Women and Cuba Collaboration Call for Ratification of CEDAW
(But No CEDAW RUDs!)
Read an analysis of potential CEDAW RUDs (crippling "reservations, understandings, and declarations") prepared by Martha Davis, Professor of Law; Co-Director, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, Northeastern University School of Law.
"Twisted Treaty Shafts U.S. Women" by Janet BenshoofOn The Issues: The Progressive Women's Magazine, Winter 2009
Janet Benshoof is an international human rights lawyer who has established landmark legal precedents on equality in the U.S. and worldwide. She is the founder and current president of the Global Justice Center in New York.
Free the Cuban Five
Take Action the 5th of Each Month
Let's raise our voices for the Heroes!
International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5
Amnesty International Issues Major Report on the case of Cuban Five, calling on US government to review case and mitigate any injustice.
Amnesty International Issues Major Report
Actors and Artists United for the Freedom of the Cuban 5
Cuban Five Send Birthday Plaque to Dolores Huerta
Protest Visa Denials of Wives of the Cuban 5
Int'l Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 Website
From Orbitz
Open Cuba Petition: Add Your Signature to 100,000 Already Collected!
"Connecting Americans & Cubans Through the Freedom to Travel"
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to build a strong US women's movement dedicated to ending the US government blockade of Cuba and to creating mutually beneficial US–Cuba relations; our work is rooted in the concept of universal human rights, racial and economic justice, and women's rights.
Campaigns
- Right to Travel: Help us work to end all travel bans on US citizens for travel to Cuba, and on Cubans who cannot secure US visas to visit the US.
- Reality of Cuban Women's Lives: Learn about impressive public policy advances of Cuban women, and also about the harsh impacts of the US blockade on the lives of Cuban women and children.
- Advancing Global Feminisms: Join us as we learn how to share the lessons of global women's networks to advance the status of women globally and to build a strong US women's movement.
Contact Us
Join the US Women & Cuba Collaboration. Contact us to be added to our email list for notices of news, action items, and upcoming delegation opportunities (not more than one email a month).
Victoria Kill
info@womenandcuba.org
Project Co-Chairs:
Cindy Domingo
yoson66@hotmail.com
Jan Strout
peacewomen4ever@yahoo.com
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