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This is for all you white MAGAT females defending your right to be white. You live in the only nation that voted against women's rights.
On March 9, 2026, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, the United States was the only country in the world to vote against a United Nations document affirming women’s rights. Thirty-seven countries voted yes, six abstained, and one country voted no: the United States of America. This happened at the 70th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the body created in 1946 to advance equality and the rights of women and girls around the world. For decades, governments have negotiated and adopted what are called the “Agreed Conclusions,” a framework outlining international commitments to protect women from discrimination, violence, and exclusion from justice.
And I want to pause on that for a second, because the document itself was not radical. It focused on access to justice for women and girls and called for repealing discriminatory laws, strengthening legal protections, improving accountability for violence against women, and making sure women can actually access courts and public institutions without discrimination. It addressed workplace discrimination, gender-based violence, and the growing risks posed by technologies that can deepen gender harm. These commitments reflect decades of international agreements that governments, including the United States, helped write and defend.
And yet under the Trump regime the United States tried to weaken them. During negotiations the U.S. delegation introduced amendments aimed at stripping or weakening language connected to gender equality frameworks and women’s rights protections that have been part of global agreements for years. Eight amendments were proposed and all eight failed. When those efforts collapsed, the United States forced a recorded vote on the document, something that almost never happens at this commission because these agreements have historically passed by consensus. For decades, governments understood that women’s rights were not supposed to be treated like a partisan bargaining chip or an ideological battlefield.
That tradition was broken. When the vote was called, thirty-seven countries supported the document, six abstained, and the United States stood alone as the only government in the world to vote against it.
judithdayal.substack.com
The World Voted for Women’s Rights. The United States Voted No.
On March 9, 2026, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, the United States was the only country in the world to vote against a United Nations document affirming women’s rights. Thirty-seven countries voted yes, six abstained, and one country voted no: the United States of America. This happened at the 70th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the body created in 1946 to advance equality and the rights of women and girls around the world. For decades, governments have negotiated and adopted what are called the “Agreed Conclusions,” a framework outlining international commitments to protect women from discrimination, violence, and exclusion from justice.
And I want to pause on that for a second, because the document itself was not radical. It focused on access to justice for women and girls and called for repealing discriminatory laws, strengthening legal protections, improving accountability for violence against women, and making sure women can actually access courts and public institutions without discrimination. It addressed workplace discrimination, gender-based violence, and the growing risks posed by technologies that can deepen gender harm. These commitments reflect decades of international agreements that governments, including the United States, helped write and defend.
And yet under the Trump regime the United States tried to weaken them. During negotiations the U.S. delegation introduced amendments aimed at stripping or weakening language connected to gender equality frameworks and women’s rights protections that have been part of global agreements for years. Eight amendments were proposed and all eight failed. When those efforts collapsed, the United States forced a recorded vote on the document, something that almost never happens at this commission because these agreements have historically passed by consensus. For decades, governments understood that women’s rights were not supposed to be treated like a partisan bargaining chip or an ideological battlefield.
That tradition was broken. When the vote was called, thirty-seven countries supported the document, six abstained, and the United States stood alone as the only government in the world to vote against it.
The World Voted for Women’s Rights. The United States Voted No.
Update: I’ve added additional context to this piece to reflect new details about how the United States attempted to delay, withdraw, and amend the document before the final vote, as well as broader warnings from global leaders about the ongoing rollback of women’s rights.
judithdayal.substack.com
