“TIME CHANGE -- Women's Rights Are Human Rights: U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)”

November 18, 2010

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING TIME CHANGE

The hearing on "Women's Rights Are Human Rights: U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)" scheduled before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law for Thursday, November 18, 2010, will now begin at 2:30 p.m., rather than the previously scheduled time.

Chairman Durbin to preside.

By order of the Chairman.

Witness List

Hearing before the
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

on

"Women's Rights Are Human Rights: U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)"

Thursday, November 18, 2010
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226
2:00 p.m.

Panel I

Ambassador Melanne Verveer
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC

Samuel R. Bagenstos
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Panel II

Geena Davis
Actor and Founder, The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Marina Del Ray, CA

Wazhma Frogh
Policy and Advocacy Specialist
Afghan Women's Network
Afghanistan

Marcia D. Greenberger
Co-President
National Women's Law Center
Washington, DC

Steven Groves
Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow
The Heritage Foundation
Washington, DC