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muriel_volestrangler

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16. I think the ultimate source is DPA, the German equivalent of AP
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:11 AM
Friday

There's a slightly longer version here (it has quotes from the German representative), crediting dpa.

https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/223578/world/us-fails-to-block-joint-un-declaration-on-womens-rights

Another report:

But the US, after initially abstaining from negotiations on the outcome document to be adopted by CSW, changed tack in the past few days and urged the removal of “controversial social issues” from the document, Devex reports.

The US wants references to climate change and a gender-responsive justice sector removed, and does not support the proposed reparations fund for survivors of violence, for example.

However, the entire purpose of the CSW’s 70th session is to chart a path to eliminating gender discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, as well as structural barriers to justice – and the outcome document due to be adopted by the end of Monday was supposed to guide this.

However, the US stance is similar to last year, when it refused to endorse the CSW’s final declaration last year, rejecting references to the UN’s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and dismissing gender quotas, climate policies and even the Sustainable Development Goals as “globalist overreach”.

https://healthpolicy-watch.news/as-womens-rights-falter-globally-us-moves-to-weaken-un-support-for-gender-equality/

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