U.S. WOMEN AND CUBA COLLABORATION
BUILDING A PROGRESSIVE GLOBAL WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
The annual gathering at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is one of the largest international gatherings of governments, women, and organizations that focus on the progress of women’s rights as outlined in the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. Cuba’s delegation reports on their countries’ impressive long-term commitment and positive steps in ending all forms of gender, race, economic and sex discrimination to advance gender equity in both law and practice. The early adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the adoption of a new Constitution ensuring all rights to all people and passage of the Families Code of Law to carry out these directives have set the standard for peoples’ rights all over the world.
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to build a strong US women's movement dedicated to ending the US government blockade against Cuba and to creating mutually beneficial US-Cuba relations; our work advances the rights of all women in the context of universal human rights.