HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2016-030 Supporting CEDAW RESOLUTION NO. 2016-30
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CITIES FOR THE CONVENTION ON THE
ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
(CEDAW) INITIATIVE AND SUPPORT OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE UN
CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
WHEREAS: CEDAW was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December
18, 1979, and became an international treaty as of September 3, 1981, and 189
UN member nations have agreed to be bound by CEDAW's provisions; and
WHEREAS: Although women have made gains in the struggle for equality in many fields,
much more needs to be accomplished to fully eradicate discrimination based on
gender and to achieve one of the most basic human rights - equality; and
WHEREAS: In 2014, Minnesota passed the Women's Economic Security Act (WESA) which
included steps toward closing the gender pay gap, expanding family and sick leave
for working families, helping older women be economically secure, and providing
support for women-owned small businesses; and
WHEREAS: In 2015 the Edina City Council voted to support the Human Rights Cities
Initiative, which supports the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its
aspiration for equal rights for 'all members of the human family;' and
WHEREAS: The Edina City Council desires to ensure that women and girls who live in Edina
enjoy all the rights and privileges and remedies that are bestowed on all people
in the U.S., no matter race, national origin, gender, or religious belief, and with a
purpose to claim worldwide that Edina is a city within which women can thrive
and a city that will not tolerate discrimination against women and girls or
violence perpetrated against them in any form, by any hand; and
WHEREAS: CEDAW provides a comprehensive framework for governments to examine
their policies and practices in relation to women and girls and to rectify
discrimination based on gender; and
WHEREAS: City and County governments have an appropriate and legitimate role affirming
the importance of eliminating all forms of discrimination against women in
communities as universal norms and to serve as guides for public policy; and
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street•Edina,Minnesota 55424
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Resolution No. 2016-30
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Now Therefore Be It Resolved that the Edina City Council supports CEDAW and that the
City of Edina is committed to eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, to
promoting the health and safety of women and girls and to affording them equal academic,
economic, and business opportunities in Edina, Minnesota.
Dated: March 2, 2016
Attest: _ '
Debra A. Mangen, ity Clerk Ja yes B. Hovland, Mayor
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that the
attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its Regular Meeting of
February 17, 2016, and as recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of
City Clerk