I want to say to all the nominees I'm supporting all of you, so never fear about that.
I hope you will. It is clear from your comments and those from my colleague and myself that women are playing a significant role in the prot...
I am going to do everything I can as chairman of this new subcommittee because we have never had a subcommittee that dealt with the status o...
Senate Resolution 216, sponsored by Senator Boxer, encouraging women's political participation in Saudi Arabia.
I know one of the criticisms of CEDAW which I prefer to refer to as the women's rights amendment--human rights amendment.
As you know, the Senate has taken a number of steps to support women's rights in the Middle East and North Africa.
I am not going to give a blank check to some of these countries that are doing these things.
In Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, we can talk about some of the positive signs.
The leverage that we have here is the funding, and that is something that I feel we are going to have to look at--we just cannot turn our ey...
The empowerment of women is inextricably linked to the potential of nations to generate economic growth and sustainable democracy.
In Egypt, a new election plan was put forth that may result in very few seats for women.