{"id":2007,"date":"2023-02-27T19:42:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T19:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/testimony-for-the-u-s-senate-committee-on-the-judiciary-hearing-on-the-era-on-28-february-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:59:18","slug":"testimony-for-the-u-s-senate-committee-on-the-judiciary-hearing-on-the-era-on-28-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/es\/resource\/submissions\/testimony-for-the-u-s-senate-committee-on-the-judiciary-hearing-on-the-era-on-28-february-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimony for the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on the ERA, 28 February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#001745\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless\">\n            <div class=\"column is-6-tablet\">\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">27th febrero 2023<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Testimony for the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on the ERA, 28 February 2023<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                        <div class=\"categories\">\n\n                                            \n                                            \n                                                \n                                                    \n                                                    \n                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/issue\/achieve-legal-equality\/\" class=\"category\">Achieve legal equality<\/a>\n\n                                                    \n                                                \n                                            \n                                            \n                                                \n                                                    \n                                                    \n                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/region\/north_america\/\" class=\"category\">North America<\/a>\n\n                                                    \n                                                \n                                                    \n                                                    \n                                                \n                                                                                        \n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"column is-6-tablet\">\n                <div class=\"quick-links-container\">\n                    <div class=\"outer\">\n                        <div class=\"inner left\">\n                            <p style=\"color:#001745\">Quick Links<\/p>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <ul>\n\n                                    \n                                        <li>\n                                            <a class=\"QLanchor\" href=\"#summary\" style=\"color:#001745\">Summary<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n\n                                    \n                                        <li>\n                                            <a class=\"QLanchor\" href=\"#key-recommendations\" style=\"color:#001745\">Key recommendations<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n\n                                    \n                                <\/ul>\n\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n        <a name=\"summary\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p>Our Global Executive Director, S. Mona Sinha, submitted the below written testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on 28 February 2023, <strong>The Equal Rights Amendment: How Congress Can Recognise Ratification and Enshrine Equality in Our Constitution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n        <a name=\"key-recommendations\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div class=\"takeaways-recommendations-block\">\n    <div class=\"header-bar\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n                    <h2 data-aos=\"fade-right\">Key recommendations<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"columns is-flex-direction-row-reverse\">\n                <div class=\"column is-7-tablet is-8-desktop is-9-widescreen\" data-aos=\"fade-left\">\n\n                    \n                        <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>Equality Now has seen the pervasive damage done to women and girls wrought by legal inequality, including the promotion of gender-based violence (GBV) in discriminatory laws. Conversely, we have seen the tremendous benefits gained by countries that have embraced equality in the law, including in their constitutions, the supreme law of the land.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We strongly believe that the Equal Rights Amendment will bring about further positive legal and social change, as it has in other countries, and make an enormous difference in the lives of all American women and girls, their families, and their communities. It could provide further protection from gender-based violence, including sexual and domestic violence, child marriage, FGM, and other forms of violence and discrimination.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Having been ratified by the requisite number of states, all constitutional requirements have been met for the ERA to be codified and become the supreme law of the land. Please support S.J. 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