US Stance at UN a Backward Step on Women’s Rights

Expand Members of the Security Council vote on a resolution concerning sexual violence during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Seth Wenig (New York, April 25, 2019) – The United States’ threat to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution on sexual violence in conflict because it mentioned women’s reproductive health services is another deeply cynical and cruel step in its assault on women’s rights in US foreign policy, Human Rights Watch said today. “The United States demonstrated that it is willing to up the ante on…

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