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Click to read about important dates for women in the United States in the month of February.

On Thursday January 27, 2011, the Congressional Black Caucus met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute 21st Century Council to hold its first Conversation Series Roundtable Discussion of 2011.

President Obama has asked us all to pause today at 11 AM EST and reflect, each of us in our own way, on how we build unity in our country during these difficult times.

Do you know about the "It Gets Better Project?" It's a national campaign encouraging Americans to speak out against hate and intolerance with the message that everyone deserves to be respected for who they are.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the only international human rights treaty to focus exclusively on the rights of women. To date, it has only been ratified 186 of 193 countries worldwide. Sadly missing, like Iran, Somalia and Sudan, is the United States. The treaty protects fundamental rights, addressing violence against women, the right to vote, sex trafficking, and access to education among other important issues to women.