To resolve violence against women, another treaty is not the answer
We are experiencing a global backlash on human rights. Many states have allied to actively oppose women’s rights. Negotiating a new treaty now would give them the chance to limit the protections we currently have in place.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Minister for Women and Gender Equality Marci Ien arrive to raise the Pride flag on Parliament Hill on June 8, 2023. There is an inter-American treaty with specific gender-based violence against women protections, which Canada first pledged to sign in 1994 and still has not, write the authors. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade