Huffington Post Examines Final Document Of U.N. Women’s Commission

Huffington Post: U.N. Women’s Conference Does Well on Sexual Rights But Gays Lose Out
“Usually one searches for all the good proposals that were deleted or changed in the annual U.N. women’s conference that helps set the agenda for the world body. This year the end result was relatively positive. There were some bad deletions (like the one on sexual orientation). But the conclusions in the 58th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) were better than expected on sexual and reproductive rights, including safe abortion, emergency contraception, and sex education…” (Leopold, 3/26).

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