Human Rights Special Interest Group

Our Mission is to inspire local community efforts to educate, advocate, and implement international human rights policies and goals.
Our Members have been involved with the League of Women Voters at the local, state, and national levels and other organizations. Our Founding Members were delegates of the League of Women Voters of the United States to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York City. Recognizing a common commitment to human-rights education, we came together to form the Human Rights Special Interest Group (HR-SIG) to expand our outreach to local and State Leagues as well as to other civic groups.

Our Mission is to inspire local community efforts to educate, advocate, and implement international human rights policies and goals.
Our Members have been involved with the League of Women Voters at the local, state, and national levels and other organizations. Our Founding Members were delegates of the League of Women Voters of the United States to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York City. Recognizing a common commitment to human-rights education, we came together to form the Human Rights Special Interest Group (HR-SIG) to expand our outreach to local and State Leagues as well as to other civic groups.

Scripts

Celebration for CEDAW - The promise and the prophesy.

by Human Rights Special Interest Group

Cast Size
4
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period,
political,
radio drama,
zoom

We follow three women around the city of Copenhagen, Denmark as they talk about the promises, setbacks, and joy at the 1980 Second World Conference on Women and its celebratory Signing Ceremony for CEDAW-the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The following play/podcast is a fictional dramatization of a historical event.

We follow three women around the city of Copenhagen, Denmark as they talk about the promises, setbacks, and joy at the 1980 Second World Conference on Women and its celebratory Signing Ceremony for CEDAW-the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The following play/podcast is a fictional dramatization of a historical event.

The Grand Dames of the UDHR

by Human Rights Special Interest Group

Cast Size
3—4
Genre
biography,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period,
political

Based on the historical record from 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt and the delegates from India and Sweden hash out language in Article One of the United Declaration on Human Rights that was accepted and is now found in the document.
THE CEDAW TRILOGY tells stories of women who raised awareness of women's human rights. It was presented first at the CSW67 NGO Forum on March 9, 2023. The stories followed women through...

Based on the historical record from 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt and the delegates from India and Sweden hash out language in Article One of the United Declaration on Human Rights that was accepted and is now found in the document.
THE CEDAW TRILOGY tells stories of women who raised awareness of women's human rights. It was presented first at the CSW67 NGO Forum on March 9, 2023. The stories followed women through their struggles to draft the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, create the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and secure city and county-wide resolutions in support of CEDAW in the present day.

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The Struggle for CEDAW

by Human Rights Special Interest Group

Cast Size
6
Genre
biography,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
political

Inspired by the historical record, and created by the members of the Human Rights Special Interest Group, this fictional documentary was first presented at a CSW67 parallel event held in March 2023.
Women's struggle to be free from discrimination and violence has been seemingly endless.
In the 1970's, four unconventional women overcame bureaucratic obstacles and pushed back against outdated societal norms in...

Inspired by the historical record, and created by the members of the Human Rights Special Interest Group, this fictional documentary was first presented at a CSW67 parallel event held in March 2023.
Women's struggle to be free from discrimination and violence has been seemingly endless.
In the 1970's, four unconventional women overcame bureaucratic obstacles and pushed back against outdated societal norms in their successful initiative to draft and promote a UN convention supporting the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.
The convention, CEDAW, was ratified by the UN General Assembly in 1979.

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Bringing CEDAW Home

by Human Rights Special Interest Group

Cast Size
5—6
Genre
adaptation,
political

Inspired by real events in the present day and created by HRSIG (the Human Rights Special Interest Group) , this play was first presented at a CSW67 parallel event in March 2023.
This is the final play in THE CEDAW TRILOGY. It tracks a fictional Board of Supervisors during a hearing on a proposed Resolution in Support of CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.)
The...

Inspired by real events in the present day and created by HRSIG (the Human Rights Special Interest Group) , this play was first presented at a CSW67 parallel event in March 2023.
This is the final play in THE CEDAW TRILOGY. It tracks a fictional Board of Supervisors during a hearing on a proposed Resolution in Support of CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.)
The video content has been made available for informational and educational purposes only. HRSIG does not condone statements or opinions expressed in this video that deny fundamental human rights to, or disparage the dignity of, any human being.

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