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Friday July 14, 2006
Concerned Women for America Decries Call for U.N. Women's Rights Agency
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WASHINGTON, July 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - An ultra-liberal
Canadian U.N. Envoy, Stephen Lewis, is calling for a multimillion
dollar Women’s Rights Agency at the United Nations, according to a
report today from C-FAM, Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute.
Lewis’ long history with the U.N. includes positions as Canadian
Ambassador, an official with UNICEF and special envoy for HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse of Concerned Women for America (CWA), twice a
United States Delegate to U.N. conferences, has decried the proposal
saying, “Lewis’ proposal would dramatically strengthen the
already-incredibly-strong radical feminist influence at the U.N., and
it would virtually ensure that abortion would become a human right
around the world. Plus, having an agency devoted solely to so-called
‘women’s rights’ would require an increase in already exorbitant
funding for the U.N. from member nations – especially the United States
– and funnel that extra money into the radical feminist agenda.”
CWA points out that in recent years the phrase “women’s rights are
human rights” has become a rallying cry for the United Nations to
implement a whole panoply of radical initiatives and policies around
the world.
Crouse added, “One of the scariest aspects of Lewis’ plan is to involve
international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the planning and
operation of the agency. Anyone who has knowledge of how the U.N. works
recognizes the tremendous influence these radical NGOs have through
their domination of U.N. world conferences –– especially those for
women –– and their behind-the-scenes expertise in lobbying for far-left
reproductive services (code for abortion) policies.”
Wendy Wright, CWA’s President and, along with Crouse, representative to
the United Nations, said, “There are plenty of U.N. agencies and
commissions that already focus on women and promote radical feminist
agendas. There’s no need to create another wasteful U.N. agency just to
give feminist activists a secure paycheck and platform.”
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