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TRENTON – A resolution sponsored by Senators Loretta Weinberg and Diane Allen, two of the four co-chairs of the Women’s Legislative Caucus – and co-sponsored by every woman currently serving in the State Senate – expressing opposition to the recent election of Iran to the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women was approved by a voice vote in the Senate today.

“Iran’s track record on women’s rights is abhorrent, and promoting Iran to the UN Commission on the Status of Women sends the wrong message to women around the globe who have fought for better treatment and equal standing from their nations’ governments,” said Senator Weinberg, D-Bergen. “This isn’t about allowing an alternative viewpoint to enter the discussion on the status of women – it’s about ignoring the history of violence perpetuated on women in the name of Iran’s official government. We cannot stand idly by while a nation with such an engrained and disturbingly misogynistic outlook is allowed to shape international policy towards women.”

TRENTON – A resolution sponsored by Senators Loretta Weinberg and Diane Allen, two of the four co-chairs of the Women’s Legislative Caucus, expressing opposition to the recent election of Iran to the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women was unanimously approved by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee today.

“Iran has an abysmal record of failure when it comes to recognizing women’s rights,” said Senator Weinberg, D-Bergen, who also serves as chair of the Senate health panel. “This is a country that has been one of the greatest stumbling blocks on the road to gender equality and progress for women worldwide. It simply defies common sense that Iran would be given a spot at the table for a Commission dedicated to evaluating women’s progress and identifying policies to help advance women’s rights around the globe.”