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Standing Alone: Why the U.S. Rejects Global Norms on Women's Rights


Julie Suk, Prof. of Sociology, Political Science, and Liberal Studies, Graduate Ctr. of CUNY
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Nearly every country has ratified the U.N. treaty on women’s rights. Most of the world’s constitutions guarantee equality between men and women. Gender quotas for women candidates are found in every region of the world. The U.S. enjoys none of these mechanisms. Opponents often claim that women in the U.S. already have ‘enough’ legal rights and don’t need treaties, an ERA, or help getting elected to political office. As the U.S. celebrates the centennial of woman suffrage, this panel asks, why does the U.S. stand alone, and would these mechanisms further gender equality in the U.S.? Working from their expertise in political science, sociology, and the law, our panelists reflect on the causes and consequences of U.S. “exceptionalism” in following global women’s rights norms. ....

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SK Global & Mazur Kaplan Company Pick Up Peace Adzo Medie's Novel 'His Only Wife' – Ghana Visions


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SK Global and The Mazur Kaplan Company have acquired the rights to acclaimed Ghanaian writer and academic Peace Adzo Medie’s novel
Billed as “A
Crazy Rich Asians for West Africa” in its Kirkus review,
His Only Wife tells the empowering story of a young seamstress in Ghana whose life is transformed when she accepts a marriage proposal from the wealthy family of a man she barely knows. She relocates to the capital city of Accra and soon discovers her marriage is not the charmed and happy partnership she’d dreamed of. But as she begins to explore the city, she finds a new independence she never before imagined for herself. ....

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