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The United States has a population estimated at 314.7 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 9.8 million sq km (3.8 million sq miles). The capital is Washington DC and the largest city is New York. The major language is English.

  • USA has not ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
  • USA launched its first National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) in December 2011.  Please click here for further information on the US NAP
  • USA does not have a UN peacekeeping mandate

Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEMs

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  • May 16, 2012 (Associated Press)
    USA: Report Says Female Farmworkers Suffer Sex Abuse Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immigration status makes them fearful of calling police, according to a report being released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch. The survey by the international rights group mirrors two previous reports on the risks facing women and girls that had focused on California, where most of the nation's farmworkers reside.
  • April 25, 2012 (McClatchydc.com)
    USA: Alaska Tribes Say Violence Against Women Act Could Harm Their People Alaska Natives are lining up in opposition to Lower 48 tribes over the congressional reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
  • April 18, 2012 (The New Yorker)
    USA: Comment: Sexual Assault and Trust in the Military Barbara Gove served as a Marine at Parris Island and Cherry Point in the mid-nineteen-fifties. Decades later, she was interviewed for the University of North Carolina-Greensboro's Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project. “Do you think they were not as tough on the women entering the service?” she was asked. “Oh no, they were tough,” Gove said.
  • April 17, 2012 (Sentenial and Enterprise.com)
    USA: Military Vows Upgrade in Probing Sex Assaults Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey emerged from a closed-door meeting with U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas and other members of congress to announce measures aimed at improving the military's response to sexual assault.
  • April 9, 2012 (Third Coast Digest)
    USA: Some Shocked at Opposition to Violence Against Women Act Opposition to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has some who advocate for victims of domestic abuse scratching their heads.

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Amnesty International

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

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