Unsex CEDAW? No! Super-Sex It!

This article responds to Darren Rosenblum's article, Unsex CEDAW, or What's Wrong with Women's Rights. While the author agrees with Rosenblum's point that inequality is not isolated to women only, she argues that the solution is to modify and expand CEDAW rather than abolish it. The author draws on personal anecdotes and qualitative reports to show that women continue to experience significant discrimination. She admits that CEDAW is directed at a male/female binary and seems to address a single form of "woman" (white/Western/Northern). The author suggests that interpreting CEDAW as a "living document" that embraces more recent understandings of sex/gender would make the Convention more effective and more relevant. She also argues that a second (optional) Protocol should be created to expand CEDAW's reach to sexual and gender identity, which would "supersex" CEDAW and promote expansive human rights.