HOW CAN YOU ENGAGE IN THE CAMPAIGN?
We invite you to become peer leaders in your city or village. If you are an NGO, connect with a governmental organization, or with an NGO if you are governmental. This partnership is critical for success.
In addition, please take a look at the resources below to help you get involved and take action for the Cities for CEDAW campaign.
CITIES FOR CEDAW – RESOURCES
Background Information
- Cities for CEDAW: Status of Local Activities
- Toolkit – Cities for CEDAW: A Campaign to Make the Global Local
- Cities for CEDAW Fact Sheet
- Implementing CEDAW as a Local Ordinance
- Nuts and Bolts City Action
- Tips on Talking to an Official about Cities for CEDAW
- Making Rights Real – A Workbook on the Local Implementation of Human Rights
- CEDAW Summary: Two pager on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Introduction to the General Recommendations issued by the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Book Chapter, “Cities for CEDAW: Notes on the Road to Effective Intervention” in Power and Territories (Flaminia Saccà ed.) (Forthcoming 2018)
- 2018 IAOHRA Gender Equity Toolkit for State and Local Agencies (developed by IAOHRA and the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute)
Sample Resolutions, Ordinances and Executive Directives
- City of Boulder, Colorado Resolution
- County of Boulder, Colorado Resolution
- California State Senate Resolution
- Cincinnati, Ohio Resolution
- Cincinnati, Ohio Ordinances
- Columbia, South Carolina Resolution
- Daly City, California Resolution
- Durham County, North Carolina Resolution
- Edina, Minnesota Resolution
- Eugene, Oregon Resolution
- Honolulu, Hawaii Ordinance
- Kansas City, MIssouri Resolution
- Kentucky House Resolution
- Lafayette, Colorado Resolution
- Long Beach, California Resolution
- Los Angeles CEDAW Ordinance
- Los Angeles Mayor’s Executive Directive
- Louisville, Colorado Resolution
- Louisville, Kentucky Resolution
- Madison, Wisconsin Resolution
- Miami Dade County, Florida Ordinance
- Minneapolis, Minnesota Resolution
- Mount Vernon, New York Resolution
- New Orleans, Louisiana Resolution
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Ordinance
- Rapid City, South Dakota Resolution
- Salt Lake City, Utah Resolution
- San Francisco CEDAW Ordinance
- San Jose CEDAW Ordinance
- Santa Clara CEDAW Ordinance
- Santa Monica, California CEDAW Resolution
- St. Paul, Minnesota Resolution
- St. Petersburg, Florida Resolution
- Sarasota, Florida CEDAW FAQ
- Tampa, Florida Resolution
- University City, Missouri Resolution
- US Conference of Mayors Resolution in support of Cities for CEDAW
- Washington, D.C. Ordinance (proposed)
- West Hollywood, California CEDAW Resolution
- 2017 Gender Equity Resolution Adopted by the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA)
Reports
- Cities for CEDAW Report (2021)
- Cities for CEDAW Report (2019)
- Denver For CEDAW, Report on the Status of the Cities for CEDAW Campaign (2018)
- Gender Analysis of Housing and Gentrification in Durham County, North Carolina
- 2017 San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Gender Analysis of Commissions & Boards: Full Report & Executive Summary
- Gender Equity Through Human Rights: Local Efforts to Advance the Status of Women and Girls in the United States (2017)
- The City of Los Angeles: The Report on the Status of Women and Girls
- The Status of Women in Miami-Dade County (2016)
- The Status of Women in Salt Lake City
- Human Rights in Action: San Francisco’s Local Implementation of the United Nations’ Women’s Treaty (CEDAW)
- Report on the Status of Women and Girls in California
- Report by the United Nations NGO Committee on the Status of Women/New York
Videos/Social Media
- Facebook Page
- Twitter Page
- Louisville, KY: How to Become a CEDAW City (video)
- Colorado for CEDAW Website
- How to Organize a City Coalition with Marilyn Fowler, WIN President and CEO
- For more videos, see Cities for CEDAW YouTube Channel.
Other Resources
- Mayor Garcetti Issued Executive Directive on Gender Equity in City Operations
- Pittsburgh City Council approved measure to fight gender bias
- WEI – Our Work: Conventions and International Mechanisms: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the CEDAW Committee
- D.C City Council Pushed Forward Local CEDAW Initiative
- Mapping CEDAW Towards Greater Rights for Women: One City at a Time
- CEDAW Committee Chair Opening Remarks
- News Archive