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Iran, Vatican threaten to derail UN women's rights

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Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner • 12 years ago • 1 comments

Iran, Vatican threaten to derail UN women's rights

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An "unholy alliance" of Iran, Russia,the Vatican and others is threatening to derail a U.N. declaration urging an end to violence against women and girls by objecting to language on sexual, reproductive and gay rights, some U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.

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Russia, the Vatican, Iran and other conservative Muslim states including Egypt, object to references to access to emergency contraception, abortion and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, women's rights activists said.

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seeder Krishna 12 years ago

Some diplomats and rights activists said the Egypt amendment undermines the entire declaration by allowing states to ignore calls to end cultural and religious practices, such as female genital mutilation.
Western human rights advocates say the idea of cultural tradition is often used to justify abuse of women.

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