Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards 2005.
Sélavi, That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope,
written and illustrated by Youme Landowne,
from Cinco Puntos Press.
With Courage and Cloth:
Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote,
by Ann Bausum,
published by National Geographic Society.
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.
